Those of you that have done a bit of disk burning in their time are probably familiar with most disk image file formats.
For those of you that haven’t well IMG is one of them, and they are typically used for the compression of programs, such as operating systems, generic software, or video games.
They can be extremely useful as backup media, especially if you fear the original may someday be damaged, and in many ways, they are the same as more popular file formats, such as ISO or BIN.
Lastly, you can also use IMG files as disk images that you can mount, which is extremely useful if you have an ultra-slim laptop that doesn’t come with a built-in optical drive.
However, there comes a time when you don’t want to mount the file, and just want to unpack it so that you can check out its contents.
How can I extract IMG files?
If want to unzip IMG files, we’ve created these step-by-step guides that will help you achieve this fast and easily on your Windows or Mac device.
1. Unzip IMG files on Windows 10
1. Download and installWinZip.
2. PressStart, type inwinzip, and launch WinZip when it appears in the results.
3. Go to File, and select Open.
4. Double-click on the IMG file. You need to have your system set to associate the IMG file format with WinZip for this to work.
5. Select the files within the IMG image that you want to extract, or pressCtrl + Ato select them all.
6. Choose the location where you want to unzip the data, and then clickUnzip.
7. Wait for WinZip to finish the unzipping process.
8. Now that you’ve extracted the contents of the IMG file, all you need to do is go to the extract location and check to see if everything is all right.
Whenever dealing with compressed file formats or disk image, your first thought should automatically go to an archiver/unzipper tool. While Windows 10 does have the ability to mount IMG images files, it cannot extract them, so third-party tools are your only choice.
That being said, we recommend you to giveWinZipa try. Not only can it unzip IMG files, but it can also handle pretty much any other image and archive file formats.
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Note: While there are other third-party tools that can extract IMG files, we recommend WinZip because of how fast it does the unzipping, and because of the multitude of supported file formats it has.
What makes WinZip particularly useful is its near-universal capability to handle file formats.
That being said, once you have WinZip, you don’t just have it for IMG files, you’ll have it for all archive and image file formats.
If you own and use a Samsung Smart TV, it’s probably wise to install a VPN on it, especially if the device is constantly online. It’s a common misconception that VPNs are designed to serve PC users exclusively.
In fact, most VPN users have them installed on their handheld devices, rather than their PCs. Let’s face it: most of the traffic we generate is outside working hours and happens more or less on our phones.
But that doesn’t mean we should overlook the importance of securing other Internet devices, such as Samsung Smart TVs. More so if we interact with them more than just a few times a week.
How to install a VPN on Samsung Smart TV with Google Play Store?
New generations of Samsung Smart TVs use Android as their OS, so you can easily find and set up a VPN service directly from the Play Store.
On your Samsung TV, open the PlayStore.
Type in the name of the VPN you want to install (we recommend using ExpressVPN).
Download it.
Follow the prompts to set up an account.
Launch the app and connect.
This is very easy and straightforward, the only thing to worry about is to pick a good and secure VPN that works well with Samsung Smart TVs and that has good global coverage to surpass geo-restrictions.
As you may probably know, older Samsung Smart TVs don’t have Android, and run on Tizen OS, instead.
While this might not sound like a big deal, it actually is, because it also means that you can’t install native VPN apps on your old Samsung Smart TV.
There are, however, other ways to get around this and connect your TV to a VPN. You can install your VPN on your router, and you can also install it on your PC and share your media files to your TV.
How to set up a VPN on Samsung Smart TV without Google Play Store
1. How to install the VPN on your router
The most common workaround would be installing the VPN on your router and having your TV go through the VPN-enabled router.
This works not only with Samsung Smart TVs but with any other IoT device you may have around (AC units, refrigerators, smart lights).
Now we’d usually tell you all about the setup process, but things aren’t so simple. For once, setting up a VPN on your router highly depends on your router’s brand and model, since each model has its own interface and particularities.
Second of all, each VPN has a different setup mode. Therefore, the installation process depends on both your router’s model and the VPN you want to deploy on it.
2. Share VPN through Ethernet
You can connect your TV to your PC and establish an Ethernet VPN connection. Just make sure to pick a reliable VPN service that is highly secure and fast.
Connect your Samsung Smart TV and PC with an Ethernet cable.
On your Windows 10 PC, right-click the Start Menu and open the settings panel.
Select Network and Internet from the list.
Click the Change adapter options button.
Right-click the Local Area Connection icon.
Select Properties from the context menu.
Navigate to the Sharing tab.
Make sure to enable Allow other network users […] Internet connection.
Go to the Home networking connection menu.
Select Ethernet in the combo menu.
Click the OK button.
If your Samsung Smart TV is configured to access the Internet through Ethernet (wired), it should be already online and protected by your VPN.
Note that for this method to work, you’ll either need a 2-port Ethernet adapter, an Ethernet port splitter, or a switch between your PC and the Samsung Smart TV.
Don’t forget that any changes you’ll make to your VPN connection on your Windows 10 PC will be automatically picked up by your Samsung Smart TV.
For instance, switching to another server will route your TV’s connection through the same server as your PC.
3. Share your VPN connection wirelessly
If you don’t want to use an Ethernet cable, there’s also the option to connect wirelessly by configuring a hotspot.
Open the Settings panel on your Windows PC by typing settings in the taskbar.
Select the Network and Internet settings subpanel.
Select Mobile hotspot from the list on the left.
Under Related settings, click on Change adapter options.
Right-click the adapter with your VPN name and select Properties.
Select the sharing tab and enable Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s internet connection.
Select your VPN from the Home network connection dropdown list.
Click ok.
Now make sure that your PC is connected to the VPN. You can use the built-in VPN connection on Windows, but we recommend you use a reliable, premium-level service such as ExpressVPN.
Now, on your Samsung TV, select your hotspot network and connect to it with your credentials. As long as your TV is connected to your PC’s hotspot, it will be able to access any VPN server you choose on your PC.
Change your Samsung Smart TV’s DNS settings
If you don’t want to install a VPN application to your Samsung TV, you can also access a VPN server if you change your DNS settings.
Note that if you decide to do this, you will not benefit from all the VPN features included in your package. For that, you will need to install and use the applications.
On your Samsung Smart TV, press the Menu button.
Head over to the Settings menu, and select Network.
Select Network Status in the Network submenu.
Choose the IP Settings button on the new menu.
Go to DNS setting then select Enter manually.
Get one of the VPN software recommended in the list below.
Sign in to your VPN account on the official website.
Type the DNS server in Samsung Smart TV’s DNS setting.
Click OK.
You should be all set, and your Samsung Smart TV should be using a Smart DNS service. Note that the Smart DNS can only be used to bypass geoblocking.
Therefore, none of the VPN-specific protection features will be available on your Samsung Smart TV. Your device’s IP won’t be cloaked, and the traffic that you generate with your Samsung Smart TV won’t be encrypted, making it visible to your ISP.
ExpressVPN: masks your identity and connects you to over 160 locations worldwide, enabling users to access geo-restricted content securely, with private DNS on each server.
Private Internet Access: offers top-grade security and privacy features, as well as geo-restriction circumvention capabilities, with over 30,000 servers worldwide.
NordVPN: promises a strict no-logs policy and is proven to bypass geo-restricted content without a problem, including an adblocker and other performance-oriented features.
Surfshark: provides good worldwide server coverage, multiple bypassing features, high-speed rates, and great privacy and security, and lets you connect to OpenVPN.
All these VPN services are compatible with all major platforms and fully support Android operating systems, so you will have no issue installing them on your TV if you use a new-generation Samsung Smart TV.
Does Samsung have a built-in VPN?
Samsung TV does not have a built-in VPN. This means you’ll need a VPN that you can configure on your router or that allows you to establish your own secure Wi-Fi hotspot on your router.
All things considered, even though your Samsung Smart TV lacks native VPN app support, going the extra mile to upgrade it with a VPN service is totally worth it.
You’ll have all the security and privacy you need, plus you’ll be able to circumvent geo-restrictions gracefully.
Note that, while some VPNs offer you Smart DNS support, others won’t work unless you install them on our router, or share your VPN connection through your Windows 10 PC or laptop.
Now that you know how to set up a VPN, you can use this knowledge to fix Samsung TV Plus is not working issue that many have reported recently.
For more information on similar products, check our Samsung Section for the latest developments.
Visit our How-To Hub to discover more troubleshooting guides and easy-to-follow tutorials.
Bored of Elden Ring already? We know it’s not the case yet, as everyone seems to be pretty mesmerized by the world that From Software and Bandai Namco have created.
Hard bosses? It doesn’t really matter, as we’ve already grown accustomed to boss fights like we faced in Dark Souls, or God of War, and the prospect of imminent death isn’t that scary anymore.
What else could discourage the Elden Ring player from fulfilling his destiny and destroying all who oppose him? Since boredom or game mechanics aren’t the case, it will surely be game bugs.
And we’ve seen plenty of them so far while dealing with this latest title. If you’re dealing with the Easy Anti Cheat error, we can show you what you have to do in order to fix it.
However, players have recently pointed out that the multiplayer mode, one of the key selling points for Elden Ring, isn’t working properly.
What to do if the Elden Ring coop is not working?
So how do you fix the multiplayer not working issue? Well, unfortunately, even after an official fix, the issue still persists for a lot of Elden Ring players.
FromSoftware and Bandai Namco announced a maintenance break for the PC servers, on the last day of February.
This was meant to stabilize the multiplayer feature and remove any bugs preventing players from joining their friends.
However, since you are reading this article, it means that developers failed in containing and removing this annoying problem, so we’re going to have to step in and offer you assistance.
1. Switch to a wired connection
Before we get into these workarounds and help you fix this, remember that you must have a stable internet connection, otherwise, all this is redundant.
Just to make sure that you don’t go through a lengthy troubleshooting process for no reason, give your internet router a good old restart.
If that doesn’t fix the problem, we strongly suggest switching to a wired connection instead, thus maximizing your chances of actually enjoying Elden Ring’s multiplayer mode.
2. Check if the Elden Ring servers are down
Sometimes, the problem won’t be on your end at all. It goes without saying that all online games experience server problems from time to time.
Whether we’re talking about scheduled maintenance or some server problems, those are the times when you simply won’t be able to play Elden Ring coop.
You can simply check Elden Ring’s Twitter page to check server status and know if the situation is worth troubleshooting or not.
3. If Elden Ring isn’t in the list, selectChange Settings, thenAllow another app.
4. Click theBrowsebutton, locate your game and press theAdd button.
5. Now the game is allowed through the firewall.
6. Launch it to see if it works properly now.
If you have a stable internet connection and Elden Ring’s servers are up and running, then you need to make sure that the game is allowed through your firewall.
You can manually configure which apps are allows by your firewall settings, as you can see in the guide above.
Select the Windows updates tab and click Install all.
If no updates are queued for installation, press the Check for updates button.
5. Update Elden Ring
On Steam, right-click Elden Ring and select Properties.
Select the Updates tab and activate one of the two Auto-update options.
6. Verify game file integrity
In Steam, right-click Elden Ring and select Properties.
Select the Local Files tab and click on the Verify integrity of game files.
If your friend gets summoned to another world before yours, it will show an error in your game, which is mostly bad timing and not really a bug.
Check if this issue still persists for you and, if it does, contacting FromSoftware customer care would be the best option you have left if you already went through these steps and got no results.
Do you still have multiplayer problems with Elden Ring? Let us know in the comments section below.
If you need to access your home PC from work or a friend’s computer, you can do this easily by turning to remote desktop software.
Let’s take a look at the best options so you can securely operate your machine from afar:
How to Set Up VPN for Secure Remote Desktop
1. Allow Remote Desktop connections on the server PC
Right-click the Windows 10 Start button and go to System.
Select Remote Desktop.
Turn on Enable Remote Desktop and click Confirm.
Write down the PC name.
2. Create a VPN server using your router
NOTE
➡ Using a web browser, log in to your router admin panel. ➡ Locate the VPN area and inspect the available protocols. ➡ If your router supports the OpenVPN protocol, then we strongly recommend using it (safest & fastest). ➡ Otherwise, you can enable PPTP.
2.1. OpenVPN (best option)
Generate an OpenVPN certificate.
Export the OpenVPN configuration file.
Upload the OpenVPN config to a safe place.
Enable the VPN server.
OpenVPN is a modern and safe protocol that can truly protect you from eavesdroppers and hackers. If your router supports it, we highly suggest using it because it surpasses PTTP.
Your security is ensured by the certificate and private key included in the config file. OpenVPN is an excellent solution for home and business users alike.
However, it comes with some inconveniences. For example, if you generate a new certificate through your router’s firmware, you have to replace the old certificate from the client device with the new one.
You must also install an OpenVPN client (for free) on every device you wish to use for remote connections.
2.2. PPTP (less secure)
Create a username and password required to connect to the server PC.
Enable the VPN server.
PPTP is one of the oldest protocols, and it’s native to most platforms. That means that you don’t have to install any additional software since you can create a manual PPTP VPN connection using the Windows 10 built-in VPN provider or the integrated PPTP support of another OS.
Furthermore, since it doesn’t use too many resources, it’s ideal for older computers that can’t take the heat of modern VPN protocols like OpenVPN. Most routers support PPTP but few of them work with OpenVPN.
Unfortunately, PPTP can be easily hacked. In fact, many VPN companies and other security groups consider that PPTP is now obsolete, and they strongly advise against using it. For example, using PPTP VPN in corporations is out of the question.
No matter the option you select above, afterward use Google to find your IP address and write it down.
If you have a dynamic IP address, consider registering for a dynamic DNS server and using it for VPN connections and remote desktop connections. It might be possible to request a static IP address from your ISP or set up a secondary IP address and make it static. Otherwise, devices will not be able to remotely connect to the PC once the IP address changes.
RDP is frequently updated and has encryption, but your connection is still vulnerable, that’s why it’s recommended you use a VPN.
➡️ Is RDP illegal?
RDP is not illegal, but you have to make sure you don’t break any data privacy policies. That’s if you use RDP for your school or work devices.
➡️ Is RDP secure without VPN?
The Remote Desktop app is secure on its own, but it doesn’t fully protect your data. Many reported having to deal with man-in-the-middle attacks when on a RDP connection.
That’s why using a VPN will help improve your RDP security.
Wrapping up
To summarize, you can remotely connect to another PC using Remote Desktop from anywhere in the world with the help of a VPN and a router that has native support for VPN connections.
It’s a much safer solution than the alternative, where you have to expose the network to the Internet by setting up port forwarding mode on your router. By connecting to a VPN before making the Remote Desktop connection, you encrypt all data traffic and protect it from any eavesdroppers.
Besides, if you get equipped with a powerful VPN client, you can access blocked websites, evade geoblocks, unblock unavailable Netflix catalogs, reduce your ping while gaming, and much more. If you’re interested in crypto, you can also use a VPN for Bitcoin trading and mining.
What features does the Minecraft Windows 10 Edition offer?
This edition involves cross-platform play for up to 8 players on Windows 10 PCs, Android or iOS devices, Xbox, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch or virtual reality platforms.
You can now play on Servers and create your servers. Create your add-ons or take advantage of community skin packs, textures, and mash-ups.
Another great feature is that real-time ray tracing for Windows 10 pushes the graphical limits of the game further than ever before.
You can also take advantage of slash controls to change the way the game plays, meaning you can now give items away, change the time of day, summon mobs, and more.
With so many new benefits and features, it’s no wonder you want to upgrade as soon as possible, and we’ve given you the right steps to take below.
This is paid software, and as such, in order to download it and its updates, you need need to have a Microsoft account and Windows Store access.
How can I update Minecraft for Windows 10?
1. With the MS Store app
Press Windows key + S and type store. Select Microsoft Store from the list of results.
Click the Library button in the bottom left.
You can now click the Get updates button to start downloading updates for all apps.
Alternatively, you can just click the Download icon next to Minecraft to get the latest updates.
This is the best way to update Minecraft Bedrock on Windows 10 and we suggest that you use it.
2. Reinstall the Minecraft UWP app
Press Windows key + S and enter apps. Now select Apps & features.
Select the Minecraft app there.
Press the Uninstall button to remove it.
Restart Windows before reinstalling Minecraft.
Then click Get on Minecraft’s MS Store page to reinstall the latest version.
Reinstalling the game with the latest version is another way you can update Minecraft, and for that, make sure you follow the steps above.
This ensures that you fix other problems or bugs that the game had before and that you get the best version on the market.
3. Force-update Minecraft
1. Run the Minecraft Launcher.
2. Click the Options button.
3. Select the Force update option.
4. Click Login to update the game.
5. Press the Done button.
It’s good to know for players of Minecraft: Java Edition who are running Windows that they can force update the game so they never miss out on any new content.
4. Reinstall Minecraft: Java Edition
To uninstall Minecraft: Java Edition, press the Windows key + R shortcut.
Input appwiz.cpl in Run’s text box, and click OK.
Select Minecraft in the Programs and Features applet.
Click Uninstall to remove Minecraft.
If you can’t find Minecraft listed in Programs and Features, open File Explorer.
Enter %appdata% in File Explorer’s path bar to open the Roaming folder.
Then right-click the .minecraft folder there, and select Delete.
Restart Windows after uninstalling the game.
Open the Minecraft Launcher.
Log in to Minecraft.
Click the Play button on the Update Notes tab to install the latest Minecraft version.
There’s no need to worry if you follow the simple steps above to reinstall your Java version of Minecraft.
Once you reinstall this Java version, you can enjoy the new features that the game brings, and ensure that the game runs smoothly without further interference.
If you frequently send emails, especially in a business environment, you probably know Microsoft Outlook.
This email client comes pre-installed with Microsoft Windows 10 and manages emails from many email services.
The problem is that emails pile up over time, and eventually, you may need to delete entire folders.
Users have been reporting that they are having issues deleting folders in Outlook.
I’m using outlook 2016 and have an IMAP account set up on it I have created a sub folder under Inbox, which I no longer need. I keep trying to delete this folder, but after a few seconds it reappears.
Many users are having a hard time deleting email folders, which can get quite annoying.
Do note thatonce you delete an email folder, all emails inside it will also be deleted. As such, check the folder’s content before proceeding with any of the following steps.
How can I delete Outlook folders permanently?
1. Try a different email client
Before going on and trying the troubleshooting steps listed below, you should also consider switching from Outlook altogether.
There are plenty of worth-mentioning alternatives. The emerging email clients these days integrate all the features you can find in Outlook, including scheduled emails, keyboard shortcuts, task management, and more.
We recommend looking for an email client with integrated productivity features. Many options are very similar to Outlook regarding user experience, so you won’t have to spend too much time learning how to use them.
2. Try accessing Outlook from your browser
Several users reported that accessing Outlook through your browser can be a viable workaround. If you’re looking for a proper browser for that, we recommend you look into the best browsers for Windows 10.
The most important asset of a browser is security, so make sure you pick an option that has that in place. There are many browsers with built-in VPNs and malware scanners.
Good security and encryption ensure that the content of your emails and your online activity stays private.
Other things to consider are the management features, navigation controls, and page loading speed.
3. Check whether the folder is on the IMAP email account server
A folder on the IMAP email account server (created by the server administrator) must be deleted on a server level.
But if a folder is simply one you created in your client, you can delete without many issues.
4. Remove the IMAP email accounts from your Outlook
IMAP email account stored on your client may make their IMAP folders visible for all accounts stored on them.
Here’s how you can remove an email account from your Outlook client:
Select Filein the upper left corner of the screen
Go to Account Settings
Select the Account Settings entry right under
Select the account you want to delete
Click Remove
5. Unsubscribe from the IMAP folders
Right-click on Inbox
Click IMAP folders
Choose Subscribed
Click on Query
Find the folder in question within the folder list
Select Unsubscribe
Choose Apply and click on OK
Return to the Outlook main screen and delete the folder normally
6. When the Delete folder dialogue box appears, pressOK.
7. Re-open the Microsoft Outlook client and check whether the folder is truly deleted or not.
An easy method to delete folders in Outlook is to delete them from the web version of the application. All you need to do is access the web version through any browser you want and then manually delete the folder you want gone.
To learn more about deleting folders, our guide on removing RSS feeds from Outlook can provide you with more useful information.
There you go, we hope that you found our solutions helpful. If you did, feel free to let us know by leaving a comment below.
Small business owners face various challenges, not necessarily the same magnitude as those of corporations and enterprises, but they’re similar in many ways.
In the eyes of the tax collector, however, each and every form of business is liable for submitting and/or filing returns, thus small businesses that don’t do so get penalties in the form of fees or fines, including payroll errors.
However, there’s a lot that goes into working on the payroll system, much time and energy are also spent trying to understand it, but businesses opt to use payroll services instead, so they don’t have to worry about errors, or legal mistakes, and save time in the process.
If you’re looking for a payroll service for your business, consider the price, vital features, and functions, plus whether there’s a free product trial and demos so you can test run and see if it matches your needs.
Here’s a list of the best payroll software for small businesses to get their taxes, benefits, and other withholding calculations correct to the penny.
What are the best small business payroll services?
QuickBooks is one of the most popular bookkeeping software that supports small businesses, as well as big business environments.
The tool helps to secure data sharing with an accountant and it supports integration with Microsoft Outlook. Besides, it is easy to use anywhere, on any device, and by all the employees that you give access to, including your accountant.
Some of the most notable features include:
Mileage tracking – Get shareable reports that break down miles driven and potential deductions.
Track income & expenses- Import transactions from your bank, credit cards, PayPal, Square, and more. For easier use, sort transactions into categories.
Create & send estimates – Customize estimates to fit your brand and business needs.
Maximize tax deductions – organize income and expenses into tax categories and share them with your accountant to avoid tax surprises.
✅Pros
Easy to use and learn
Integrates well with other systems
Flexible with 3rd party applications
Provides good accounting reports
Affordable price
Easy to find and fix errors/mistakes
Easy to look-up customer information
❌Cons
Limitations on the number of users
QuickBooks
Be up-to-date with how your business is doing with sales, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.
Similarly, with QuickBooks, TurboTax is an app also owned by Intuit, that focuses on facilitating the process of filing tax returns for small businesses.
One of the best things about it is that it’s free to use for certain operations, such as filing your federal and state taxes, importing your return from a previous year from similar tax software, or offering guidance in case of an audit.
With the free account, you also get access to an online community of specialists and customers, where you can share ideas and get informed about various processes.
Furthermore, with the paid plans the software also helps you find the best tax break depending on how you choose to itemize deductions from expenses, auto-import your investment info and tax data, get one-to-one specialized help if necessary, and even turn donations into big deductions.
TurboTax is suitable for both small businesses and self-employed entrepreneurs alike.
✅Pros
Cheaper than seeing a professional
Quicker turnaround time
You are in control of the tax return
User Friendly
Will save you time if you know what you’re doing
❌Cons
The software is only as good as what the user inputs
TurboTax
Get your W-2 income or EIC situations covered and claim the standard deduction with this user-friendly software.
Papaya Global is a great software that comes packed and fitted with amazing tools that will certainly help you with your payroll needs in the modern world.
This software is the world’s first integrated, licensed, and regulated global payroll and payment system. It offers support for 12 currencies and 160+ countries.
Papaya Global can also create complex reports and facilitate the hiring process especially when it comes to nowadays remote work trends.
All the data you need about your employees is gathered within a single platform, making it much more easy to handle.
Another great feature of Papaya Global is that it also comes with a mobile app that grants you access to most of the more complex aspects of running your business and handling payrolls.
This is one software you should take a serious look at if your business employs quite a few remote workers.
✅Pros
Transparent pricing
Supports hiring and payroll services in more than 160 countries
Strong automation tools
Includes plan just for contractors
❌Cons
Limited third-party software integrations
Papaya Global
Check out this amazing software for handling payroll for globally remote workers.
This accounting software is based on a merger by Sage Group and ERP Solutions, which bought Intacct, a 19-year-old software accounting company.
This merger combines the expertise, experience, and world-class quality of Sage, the result of which is Sage Intacct, a comprehensive accounting and payroll system.
With this payroll software for small businesses, you can manage cash, purchases, billing, vendors, revenues, contracts, projects and funds, inventory, and subscriptions, while generating financial reports, all through the cloud system.
It is both flexible and accurate in a bid to improve your business performance and employee productivity in the long run.
The benefits of using this tool include HR accounting which covers aspects such as payroll, benefits, time tracking, and insurance with its single, connected payroll system in different locations to give a view into your payroll structure, its performance, and activities therein.
It is also recognized by AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) as a top financial app provider with numerous industry awards to its belt.
Additionally, it has a wide range of accounting capabilities, and you can use built-in report templates to create reports that are configurable and analyze your business’ performance, track sales, and much more.
✅Pros
Customization of reports and views
Templates available for all activities
Integration between any other platforms
Bank reconciliation is very good with few clicks
❌Cons
The audit trail is not up to the mark
Sage Intacct
Grow your business and manage your finances smartly with this robust ERP software!
Previously known as ZenPayroll, this tool is a cloud-hosted software that combines payroll, administration of benefits, human resources, and compliance capabilities in one simple package.
The software is built for small businesses that want to manage their payroll system and HR needs, and it handles this by streamlining and automating the calculation, payment, and submission of payroll taxes while ensuring your business is fully compliant to avoid critical errors.
It doubles up as an HR solution to manage your team without all the paperwork, emails, and spreadsheets and keeps all employee data synced.
Among its advantages include the elimination of human errors, and full compliance with HIPAA, ACA, and ERISA standards while checking data automatically to prepare reviews, send notices, and maintain employee privacy.
It also simplifies the management and administration of benefits, employment tax reporting, payments, workers’ insurance, and budget plans, and you can set up and/or manage 401(k) plans easily.
✅Pros
Processes payroll
Files taxes, new hire forms
Stores team information
Provides high-quality customer support
❌Cons
No mobile app for expense reporting
Gusto
Simplify payroll and human resources management with Gusto.
The faster your employees get their pay, the more productive they will be. With Rippling, you can provide a simpler and faster way to manage your employee’s payroll.
Payroll running was never an easy task. While Rippling syncs all your business’s HR data, you will never have to manually introduce data or use a calculator again. With all data synced, you just have to press a button to run payroll.
Since it has access to all data about money, it brings an automatic tax-filing feature. Ripple automatically calculates payroll taxes and files them to the IRS and other federal agencies when tax season is close.
For efficiency purposes, you can now create any type of report, containing any information that Rippling has data about. Also, you can visualize and share reports so every department will make faster and better decisions for the business’s future.
Better productivity and efficiency? See where you can make improvements by knowing everything about how your employees work by choosing Rippling.
✅Pros
An intuitive user interface
Paystub is easy to see
Employee Self Service
Present outstanding tasks when action is needed
Spreadsheets/personnel management
❌Cons
Hard to find certain applications
Rippling
Get complete control over every aspect of payroll and simplify the process.
This payroll software doesn’t have advanced features and add-ons as the others listed here, but its pricing model is simple, and OnPay offers straightforward necessities for small businesses.
Among its features include unlimited pay runs, tax filings, deposits, and check-printing, plus a mobile-friendly system that’s easy to use and quick. You can run your payroll in minutes, and its simple interface makes entering payroll elements like hours, tips, bonuses, and reimbursements a walk in the park.
Other things it can do for you include covering compensation and insurance, as the software is a licensed health insurance broker, with fully integrated 401(k) plans.
You can also perform HR functions such as employee self-onboarding to save time, automatic new hire reports to the government on your behalf, online access for employees, guaranteed payroll compliance, and automated payroll taxes.
OnPay also works with any employee type, and if you or your employees prefer direct deposit, pre-paid debit cards, or doing your own checks, it is possible to pay without any added costs. If you need assistance, OnPay’s Certified Payroll Professionals are on standby to assist via phone.
✅Pros
Integrating with QuickBooks
Great Customer Service
Consistency of Service
Integrated 401k capabilities
Makes onboarding a breeze
Quick and intuitive web-based software
❌Cons
The security roles need some work to limit access
OnPay
Maximize your productivity and enhance your business with OnPay, an all-in-one payroll tool!
If you wanted to do faster payroll and tax filing, you are in the right place. ADP is a payroll software that helps you process payrolls in minutes from anywhere. You can do the payroll at your desk, on the move or you can set it on autopilot.
Let the software do all your taxes for you. Save time by having your taxes calculated, deducted, and paid on time. ADP also includes tax and regulation updates across all 50 states. It has all information about tax and payroll requirements, wage and hour laws as well as many more.
ADP collaborates with world-class security organizations that will make sure that all employees’ information is safe and secure.
ADP also acts as a general ledger interface, giving you a great overview of all payments, all taxes and everything on the payroll. From this, you can create personalized reports for any information that you require.
For all good measures, ADP comes as a greatly optimized mobile app as well. You can now access all data and information from anywhere.
✅Pros
Multiple products with multiple plans
User-friendly browser interface
24/7 live customer service
Comprehensive payroll and HR features
Extensive built-in integration
❌Cons
Reports can be confusing, cumbersome or clunky
ADP
ADP is a spot-on payroll software that provides all that is needed for a small business to succeed.
This is award-winning cloud-based accounting software that’s used in more than 180 countries across the world and is designed for small and medium-sized businesses.
Its functionalities include invoicing, inventory management, bank reconciliation, expense management and payment of bills, project tracking, multi-currency capability, business performance dashboard, sales tax calculation, and mobile apps, among others.
The unique thing about this payroll software for small businesses is that it processes and runs payrolls while adjusting taxes automatically. It is also very secure with its multiple approvals and two-factor authentication so fraud is minimized, each transaction has details such as dates, users, actions performed, and notes.
With Xero, you can get a summarized report of your financial activities, and keep detailed records of all your transactions including tax status, committed quotes, and purchase costs.
Doing your taxes is not an easy task regardless if you are working on your personal finances, or on your business’s finances, and using specialized services can be your best bet.
Is there payroll software for small businesses that you use and it’s really helpful? Share it with us in the comments section below.
We live in an age of technological prowess and that influence seeps through every single layer of our society, hence, finance and accounting make no exception.
Financing software or cloud-based accounting tools can lift a huge burden off the shoulders of stressed accountants. Needless to say, it’s in everyone’s best interest for them to be right the first time.
While accounting software has been available for years, digital advancement helped small business financial software to evolve.
Here, we will look at the top solutions for accounting software based on popularity and efficiency. But first, let’s review some of the criteria to follow when choosing such software.
How can I choose the best financial app for my business?
Whether you have a small business or you just want to manage your private budget, a simple financial solution can do the trick just fine.
However, there are certain features that you might still want to get in order to make your life easier. Let’s go through some of the most important ones.
➡ Balance and expenditure reports
You can do your bookkeeping on an Excel spreadsheet but for that, you will have to apply formulas and enter the data manually. Instead, you could also use bookkeeping software for improved tracking
What you really need is to have your software synced with your accounts and this way, every time you make a payment or receive money, the budget status will update right away.
So, the first thing you should look for is one with automated features and an easy-to-use reporting dashboard so you can easily see all your transactions.
➡ Money transfer and credit application
Even if you have a small business, it will make your job a lot easier if you can send money and invoices to your clients or employees from a single platform.
Some of the solutions included below give you access even to credit applications so you will be able to maintain the liquidity level of your business.
➡ Tax management
Calculating your taxes and settling the score with the government is a top priority even if you’re an ordinary person so the financial tool has to be ready to do that accurately.
Look for software that has built-in tax management calculation and if it can also issue the proper required documents, it’s excellent.
That being said, let’s get through our recommendations of the best financial software for small businesses.
What is the best financial software for a small business?
When it comes to financing software, Freshbooks definitely has a solid reputation as being one of the very best solutions on the market.
There are many different attributes that recommend Freshbooks but it all starts with excellent support.
This means that any trouble that you might run into can be swiftly solved so that work can continue in an efficient manner.
It provides excellent support for teamwork, making collaboration a significantly easier task thanks to all the new tools and options.
Another great aspect is that it can be as expansive as the user needs it to be. Within a firm, priorities, and necessities so if you’re after something bigger, Freshbook can grow into the finance software you’ve grown to need.
Let’s quickly look at its key features:
It caters to the financial needs of multiple types of businesses so it can be used for more than one endeavor
Users can rely on context-sensitive settings to ensure that accuracy is at full capacity
Reports and processing of payments down to invoices and cloud invoicing
Great tracking and expense management features
Customizable with add-ons that provide additional API and tax management support
Freshbooks
Use the best market solution to keep your accounting process perfectly executed with this fantastic tool.
QuickBooks is the best accounting software for small businesses available on the market that does more than save you time and money.
What’s most interesting about this software is that it provides important insights and allows you to better understand, track expenses, and ultimately save money in the long term. As an alternative, you can always use a separate expense management tool that has native integration with Quickbooks.
More than that, it calculates taxes and in the process, it is also able to minimize the tax deductions you need to deal with.
The tool is versatile enough to match all major platforms from Windows and Mac to mobile phones and tablets in the online version, but you can also download it as full-scale software.
There is even a live bookkeeping feature freshly added that provides a certified virtual expert to manage your books with guaranteed accuracy.
Let’s quickly look at its key features:
Generate detailed reports and get vital financial insights
Closely track income and expenses
Track profitability, inventory, mileage sales, and sales tax
If you’re searching for business finance software, this is your lucky day. ZoHo Books has some of the best features with some great unique app integrations to make your business thrive.
Since we talking about financing, ZoHo brings all expenses into one place, for easy access. Every cent that went through one of the accounts will find itself somewhere in the database. Add bank account transactions and scan receipts to keep track of everything.
Furthermore, you can create custom invoices in seconds. Now you can send cost estimates and convert them right into invoices. If any payment is late, send a reminder to the client and give them more payment options so they will pay it faster than before.
When you have all expenses in one place, it’s easy to sort them into categories and even do bank reconciliations in moments so you are ready for tax season.
ZoHo also brings forward some other amazing features like:
Time tracking for projects, tasks, and employees
Tracking of unbilled hours on projects
Smart communication with employees through Slack integration
Safer payments with Stripe and Paypal integrations
Mobile phone app for 24/7 access from anywhere
ZoHo Books
All the features needed to bring more efficiency and productivity into your business.
Moneyspire has a friendly and customizable user interface, so you can easily customize font size, colors, and all other aspects.
The application is fully compatible with other finance software, allowing you to import QIF, QMTF, OFX, QFX, and CSV files from other financial apps.
It’s worth mentioning that this application supports all world currencies so it will work regardless of your region.
Let’s quickly look at its key features:
Can download the latest exchange rates and it can even transfer money between foreign accounts. Supports Bank, Credit card, Cash, Investment, and other types of accounts
Automatically record and create reminders from transactions
Create and generate comprehensive dashboards and reports
Optional cloud support so you can sync and share data between several devices
Excelling in multiple business domains, Sage Intacct accounting solution is the future of your company no matter the size.
You have multi-dimensional finance and management reporting, with data-driven dashboards and automated payment tools.
The main use of this expert accounts tool revolves around helping owners or managers track their expenses and see exactly how much they owe in terms of estimated taxes.
To make it all clear, you can manage the essential pillars of your financial state with Core financial data, Dashboard & reporting, or Billing category for tracking every expense.
Moreover, the software comes with highly modern functionality to help you save time and organize budgets and taxes within one platform. It’s with knowing that no matter the industry, you can enhance your business
Let’s quickly look at its key features:
Automated invoicing and cash management
Extensive data dashboards and overview
Time-tracking for close time
Complex revenue billing and costing system
Sage Intacct
Stay on top of heavy financial planning using this all-rounded accounting solution
If you really want to take control of your budgets, you certainly need to give Bill a winning chance because it has all the tools you require.
First of all, with this tool, you can apply for credit of up to $15M in minutes, through a simple online app, no matter the size of your business.
Then, it provides expense reporting with just a few clicks, and it helps you understand and categorize the spent amounts in real time.
Reconciling credit statements can be a real pain but, in this solution, with only a few clicks or taps, the expenses are coded and synced with your accounting system.
Manual expense papers are also circumvented with Bill because your employees can input the info straight into the platform for you to review, approve, or deny.
This tool is a real asset to any company, small, medium, or big and you will discover that it will save you a lot of money.
Take a look at some of its best features below:
Flexible transaction reviews
Available on any system, including mobile devices
Live transaction dashboard
Fast and flexible credit for businesses of any size
Xero is a software solution that many people will find appealing especially if they are users coming from another software solution: QuickBooks Online.
What this means is that Xero offers a great experience not just for fresh newcomers but also to QuickBooks users who want more out of their accounting software.
The need to advance to a more robust solution for finance software is often seen with businesses, especially small ones or startups, due to the change in necessities that they experience given their status.
You can use the software for many different tasks ranging from balance sheets and expense claims to financial reporting, bank reconciliation, and invoicing
It also provides a true Mac interface integration which means that users can easily make use of the Mac module to establish a native connection to the Apple UI
The software from our list will help you very much with keeping your budget and funds tracking but it’s still your responsibility on how you spend or invest the money.
So, here are a few tips on how to manage the budget:
Always spend less than you earn – That’s one of the golden business rules but not everyone can abide by it; cutting costs will help you get ahead
Stick to your budget – If you’ve planned the budget right, it should be right for the task; instead of going over it, try making some adjustments to your spending
Clear your credit debt – Covering your loans is essential to maintaining a clean budget; remember that those are not just plastic cards but real money
Create a savings plan – Set aside a minimum of 5% of your earnings for savings before you start paying your bills; you can’t be too careful about your future
Keep investing – Any business tycoon will tell you that you need to spend money to make money so investing in your business is paramount for it’s advancement
There you go, we hope you’ll put these tools to good use and save both time and money while you’re at it.
Many people love Google Docs, Sheets, and all the other free office services from Google because they are efficient and familiar.
They are also compatible with their Microsoft counterparts (Google Docs with Microsoft Word, Google Sheets with Microsoft Excel, etc.), making them great for personal use on a low budget.
Fewer people know just how cross-compatible Google Docs is with other services from Google. One good example is how you can transform Google Sheets into a multi-language translator.
This can be easily done by manipulating a few cells and giving them specific operating functions.
How can I turn Google Sheets into a translator?
In this step-by-step guide, we will show you how you can turn a simple Google Sheets document into a multi-purpose translator.
By doing this, you won’t need to go to the Google Translate app in a separate tab anymore.
If you are looking to turn Google Sheets into a translator, all you have to do is use a cell formula and apply it to the text you want to translate. The app will then translate the text according to your settings.
Basically, the formula allows you to translate a sentence or a word written on a row or column from one language to another. The first language inserted is the one in which the sentence or word is written. The second language inserted is the one you want to translate to.
One neat thing about this trick is that it supports dragging, meaning you can take the function and drag it along a column, and it will adapt accordingly.
Additionally, this trick works with all languages that are supported by Google Translate.
1. Go tohttps://docs.google.com/.
2. Press on theMain Menubutton in the top-left corner (it looks like 3 horizontal lines).
3. SelectSheetsfrom the drop-down list.
4. Press on the one labeledBlankto start a new spreadsheet.
5. Select a cell, and label it with the name of a language for easier recognition. In our example, we chose English.
6. Select other cells, and label them with the names of other languages. Again, in our test, we chose Spanish and French, but you are free to use any languages you want.
7. Right under the cell where you wrote English, write anEnglish word or a sentence.
8. Select another cell, such as right under Spanish, and write the following line in the functions bar (fx): =GOOGLETRANSLATE(C2,”en”, “es”). In our case,C2is the cell where we wrote the English word or sentence. Change this according to your needs.
“en”means that the source cell’s text is supposed to be detected as being an English word
“es”means that the destination cells need the Spanish (Espanol) translation of that English word or sentence
9. PressEnter to apply the formula.
10. After a brief loading time, the destination cell will contain the translation of the source cell.
Did you find this trick useful? If you have any other questions or suggestions, leave them in the comments section below and we’ll certainly look at them.
When it comes to income tax filing, understanding per diem is important for those who happen to travel frequently for business-related work or have employees who do the same.
Per diem or commonly known as Day Rate is a fixed amount of reimbursement paid to employees in case they incur expenses during business-related travel.
Per diem usually covers daily lodging, meals and fuel expenses (if any), and any other miscellaneous expenses.
Per diem rates are set by the state and federal govt and change every year. Per diem rates also vary depending on the states as the cost of living changes based on the location.
As an employee what’s important for you is to keep a log of expenses incurred than elaborate bookkeeping.
Per diem payment are non-taxable payments as long as they are in the per diem limit set by the state.
You also need to make sure that you have filed an expense report with your employer and included the expense details like date, time, place, and business purpose in the report.
While preparing your tax return, you need to put the total calculated per diem in the expense tab.
Most of the tax software allows you to add per diem expenses while filing for tax returns and do the deduction math automatically for the user.
If you are looking for accounting software with per diem feature, we have just made the searching task easier for you.
In this article, we take a look at the best tax software for per diem tax deduction to save you time and money.
Note: Tax software comes in two, Federal and State editions. You can either buy a bundle or opt for a single edition based on your requirement.
Make sure you read the details thoroughly on the official website of the recommended software before making a purchase.
What’s the best software to calculate per diem tax deduction?
Smart and intuitive, Freshbooks takes tax calculation to new heights. As a cloud-based software, it allows the users to get an overview of any specific part of the business, as long as you provide enough data.
As for per diem tax deductions, Freshbooks has a way of tracking expenses up to every cent. The users can attach receipts, add expenses and even import bank transactions relevant to the business.
Calculate per diem deduction with ease with Freshbooks. Create specific reports for all the expenses and easily categorize them for fast calculations. Also, create custom invoices with precise data for each of your per diem taxes.
Furthermore, Freshbooks brings other key features:
Time tracker for all tasks, projects, and employees
Easy multiple project management with task assigning and tracking
Faster payments with more payment options for clients
Data filtering and customizable reports creation
Business health with reports on cash flow, profitability, and spending.
Since your employees or yourself travel a lot for business, you can now have Freshbooks right in your pocket. With the mobile app, you can do all the office things you did before on your smartphone.
Freshbooks
Keep track of everything and reduce taxes with this amazing accounting software.
QuickBooks is the best online accounting software to calculate per diem tax deduction. Even if you’re a newbie, QuickBooks comes as no challenge.
Importing data from Excel or another accounting program to QuickBooks doesn’t require the help of a financial advisor.
QuickBooks Online asks the right questions and easily does its setup in the background, unlike other programs that have less intuitive setup wizards.
Taking all these into consideration, QuickBooks Online is designed for non-accountants – individuals and small businesses find the step-by-step instructions and comprehensive interface as being useful.
Key features that QuickBooks brings to the table:
Reliable mile tracking with your phone’s GPS
More deductions by logging your miles
Customizable reports
Intuitive online payments
Countless add-ons and integrations
QuickBooks
Looking for the best software to calculate per diem tax deduction? Thanks to its flexibility, QuickBooks is a great choice.
TurboTax is a highly recommended tax software for individuals as well as business owners.
While the pricing structure seems straightforward at first, you may need to pay little attention while purchasing any version and inquire about the State and Federal edition costs and any additional costs for optional service, etc.
TurboTax comes with a free version and allows you to file the new 1040 form and it offers both Desktop and cloud-based solutions to pick from.
The user interface is intuitive, and its cross-platform compatibility allows you to work on your return on the website or phone and tablet using the official app.
You can keep track of your tax return filing progress and incomplete forms from the left pane.
To make the filing process easier and accurate TurboTax asks questions when the user enters an answer, TurboTax automatically puts in in the right place.
To deduct per diem expense, proceed to Expenses tab > Job-Related Expenses, select your job type, and enter a total expense.
On the self-employed version, you can find a feature to track expenses through QuickBooks and also add receipts photos, and more.
TurboTax has two new features. TurboTax Live – offers a one-on-one review of your tax return filing, and the second is, Expert Review – allows the users to ask questions and get answers from a CPA or tax attorney via email.
Note that both of these are premium features and costs more than the software itself on some plans.
TurboTax offers free audit guidance to users. However, the audit defense feature costs $39.99 per user. The Tax Refunds can be claimed via direct bank deposits or prepaid Visa cards by the company.
TurboTax is easy to use, offers great support, and has tons of features that could be overwhelming for some while a blessing for others.
Turbotax
With Turbotax, rest assured that your per diem tax deduction plans are safe. Start for free and pay only when you file!
In the crowded market of tax software, H&R Block tax solution for individuals and small business owners is a solid contender.
H&R Block offers a free version of its tax software that allows you to file a 1040 form.
The premium plans start at $29.95 and offer simple tax solutions to deal with income credit, retirement income, cash, and non-cash donations, medical expenses, state and local sales tax and personal property tax.
However, this version is federal only.
For homeowners and investors, the company has a Deluxe version priced at $54.95.
The Premium version is priced at $74.95 for self-employed rental property owners and Premium and Business version for small business owners that costs $89.95.
Note that, except the Basic version, the price for other versions include State and Federal edition license.
Coming to usability, H&R Block has an intuitive user interface and also easy to use. You can either use the cloud-version or download it to your Windows or Mac device.
Irrespective of the version in use, you can import last year’s return from other tax software automatically. But, on the free version, you need to do it manually.
The Ask a Tax Pro feature allows you to chat with tax experts from H&R Block on demand. However, you need to spend $39.99-$49.99 to get this service activated.
H&R Block also offers a feature called Tax Pro Review. It is a premium service starting at $49.99 and gets the user a one-on-one review of their entire tax return and reviews all the documents for the accuracy.
The Tax Pro can also sign and file a return for you.
For Auditing, H&R Block offers Worry-free Audit Support, where an agent guides the user through the auditing process including audit preparation and in-person audit representation.
Again, this is a premium and optional feature. For a tax refund, you can choose to receive it via direct deposit or to H&R Block Emerald prepaid card.
TaxAct is an affordable alternative to a rather expensive tax software solutions like TurboTax.
If you are already using H&R Blocks or TurboTax and looking for a cheaper alternative, TaxAct can import tax returns from this software.
The newest version of TaxAct received a major UI overhaul making it much more appealing aesthetically and also more user-friendly.
The in-process tips help make the filing process easier while flagging any error or missing information for accuracy.
Using TaxAct free version you can file the new 1040 Form that allows you to take the child tax credit, credit for elderly and disabled, and education credit. For everything else, you need to upgrade.
TaxAct is a completely cloud-based solution, thus allowing you to access the tax return filing process from any device anytime.
If you prefer your Smartphone, you can use the official app that comes with an additional set of features including the ability to capture W-2 form.
The premium users get unlimited tax support via email and unlimited tax support via phone for Deluxe+ and above version users.
Premier+ and above version users also have the option to share the screen with the support agent without actually disclosing payment information or any other sensitive information to the support agent.
On the auditing front, TaxAct does not offer guidance via an agent unlike its expensive counterparts; however, the user can opt for an optional audit defense package costing $49 offered via a third-party.
The tax refunds can be claimed via direct bank deposit, America Express Serve prepaid debit card, or check.
TaxAct is a no-frill tax software with all the basics covered for an affordable price tag. Sing up for the free version and take the software for a spin before making a purchase.
If cost is a concern and lack of audit support or guidance is not a deal-breaker for you, Credit Karma Tax is a cloud-based tax filing solution that is entirely free to use irrespective of the complexity of the filings.
As I said earlier, Credit Karma Tax allows you to file State and Federal tax returns completely free of charge.
The user interface is intuitive and also among the easiest of the lot.
All the features are available on the free plan hence unlike TaxTurbo and H&R Block you are not forced to upgrade to the premium plans for more features. In fact, there is no premium plan at all.
Users can easily file unlimited returns and import last year’s return from services like TurboTax, H&R Block, and TaxAct.
Another convenient feature offered by the service includes the ability to import the information by taking a picture and uploading your W-2 form.
Credit Karma Tax has a question asking wizard which asks a question related to your filing and based on your input it puts the information in the right place.
Or you can skip the wizard to take control of the wheels manually. You only need to enter the correct information, and the Credit Karma Tax takes care of the calculation job.
On the flip side, Credit Karma has some shortcomings that you need to consider before using this free solution.
To begin with, Credit Karma does not support multiple state return filing or part-year state returns.
It also won’t help you if you have to deal with foreign earned income. The business owners can file Schedule C but not Multi-member LLC, partnership, or corporation forms.
Another thing to consider is the limited customer support and no support for audit defense and audit support.
While most of the people may not need the Auditing feature, if you need it, Credit Karma Tax does not offer any, at least for now.
Credit Karma is an excellent cloud-based tax software solution offering all the features for free.
Although there are some rough patches on the field, as long as you don’t have to play on these patches, it gets the job done.
TaxSlayer is an affordable tax filing solution with some hits and misses.
TaxSlayer also starts with a free version of the software and allows you to file Form 1040 to claim credits on child tax, elderly tax, and related things.
What makes TaxSlayer an attractive offer is its pricing. The premium classic plan starts at $17 (Federal only).
It allows you to prepare and file tax returns with ease, get tax deductions and credits, import last year’s return, and upload a picture of W-2 documents for auto-filling of your income and more.
Despite being a budget solution, the user interface of TaxSlayer is second to none.
You can track your filing progress through the tab-based sidebar on the left and on the right side, the software show owed and refund amount.
It is a completely cloud-based solution making it accessible from any device with an Internet connection.
However, if you prefer the convenience of your smartphone, TaxSlayer has an official mobile app as well.
Customer support is provided via email for free to all users while priority support is available for premium users via email and live chat and handled by CPAs or enrolled agents.
TaxSlayer offers limited audit assistance on some plans, and you can receive a tax refund via direct bank deposit or paper check.
You can also claim it via Green Dot Bank prepaid debit card if you want.
It is only logical to try and bring down the taxable income to save your hard-earned money.
And for those whose work involves a lot of traveling can legally claim a tax deduction on per diam expenses.
There are a lot of factors to consider while calculating your per diem expenses.
However, flexible tax software can make the process much simpler by automating the calculation process using the given expense details.
All the software in this list allows you to enter per diem expenses while filing returns for claiming tax deduction.
To find the best software for your needs, we would recommend you take the free version of the tools for a spin before committing to the one that can save you from the hassle of visiting a tax attorney or spending a fortune to get your tax filing done on time.
And don’t forget to share your positive and not-so-positive experience (if any) with any of these tools with us in the comments below.
Plenty of Internet browsers like to hold the title of the best available. The truth of the matter is that many of them have their own set of pros and cons.
This means that it all boils down to personal preferences since you can always migrate from another easily anyway. For example, some of you might be interested in migrating from using Google Chrome to Mozilla Firefox.
The only problem when changing browsers is that all of your personal preferences and bookmarks are left behind.
Fortunately enough, there are several methods for you to try and transfer your bookmarks from Google Chrome to Mozilla Firefox.
How can I import bookmarks from Chrome to Firefox?
1. Import them directly from Mozilla Firefox
1. LaunchMozilla Firefox.
2. Click theLibrary button. It looks like a stack of books.
3. Click onBookmarks.
4. Scroll down until you see Manage Bookmarks, and then open it.
5. Click on Import and Backup.
6. Choose Import Data from Another Browser… . A new wizard should appear with all of the browsers installed on your PC.
7. SelectGoogle Chrome from the list.
8. Click Next.
9. Firefox will now show you a list of all settings that you can choose to import. There are the following:
Cookies
Browsing History
Saved Passwords
Bookmarks
10. Select Bookmarks and clickNext.
11. Press onFinish.
12. In Mozilla Firefox, any imported bookmarks will be stored and displayed on the toolbar. In this case, you should now see a new folder on your toolbar labeled From Google Chrome.
If you are looking to import Chrome bookmarks to Firefox, you can do this from within the Firefox browser. It has a dedicated library section containing all the bookmarks, which allows you to import bookmarks from another browser into it.
One thing you should remember is that this setup will trigger automatically when you first install Mozilla Firefox. Thus, if you already have Google Chrome installed and are just installing Mozilla Firefox, you will be able to import the bookmarks much more quickly.
2. Manually export your Chrome bookmarks to Firefox
Launch Google Chrome.
Click the three vertical dots icon in the top-right corner.
Click Bookmarks.
Go to the Bookmarks manager.
Click the three-dot icon.
Select Export bookmarks.
Choose a save location, and choose Firefox HTML as the new format.
Click Save.
Launch Mozilla Firefox.
Click the Library button.
Click on Bookmarks.
Scroll down until you see Show all Bookmarks, and open it.
Click Import and Backup.
Go to Import Bookmarks from HTML.
Locate the HTML file you created earlier.
Keep in mind that both methods are equally efficient, but the second one can also be used to migrate your bookmarks from one PC to another, or one browser to another.
This year is coming to an end, and it’s time to do your business tax return. If you’re a small business or self-employed, you can do your own business taxes using small business tax software.
There are a lot of tax programs for small business out there, and we picked five of the best tools to help you decide easier. Check out their features and functionalities so that you will eventually be able to choose the best tax software for your business needs.
Determining the best tax software for small businesses involves considering a few factors such as the availability of tools that will help you find industry-specific tax deduction for instance.
The type of support provided by the company is also important, and if you have files small-business taxes before, then it’s recommended that to pick a program that allows you to import your previous year’s data.
Freshbooks comes as a helper to all that is about management. From tracking expenses, sending invoices, tax calculus, tasks tracking and many more just to help you boost your business to new heights.
Check out the best features of Freshbooks:
Keep all expenses in one place, add receipts, and add payments straight from bank accounts, all of this to have the most accurate overview of your business finance.
Know exactly how much tax you owe right before tax season, and plan in advance targets for the next trimester.
Get crystal clear reports on every area of your business with report generation using customizable information and advanced data filters.
Generate professional invoices with precise details on costs and send them with just a click.
Receive payments faster by providing your client with more options to pay, also, send automated reminders for late payments.
Track tasks, projects, and employee time so no billable time is lost.
Let clients and contractors see the project progress in real-time, also, access data files, and keep communication at ease.
Smart dashboards for a great business overview with specific business health reports on cash flow, profitability, and payments.
Stay connected with your business and with your clients at any time with the Freshbooks mobile app.
Freshbooks is an amazing software that simplifies the way finance, bookkeeps, and expenses are managed, all of that in a user-friendly, intuitive manner. Doing your taxes is now as simple as pie.
Freshbooks
Your trustful companion when it comes to doing taxes and managing expenses.
ZoHo Books is a cloud-based software that simplifies expense management, helps you track with ease all payments, and increases productivity and efficiency when it comes to doing taxes.
ZoHo brings forward some amazing features such as:
Smart tax calculator implemented by tracking every dollar, all expenses, receipts, and bank transactions in one simple place where you can simply access and create reports.
Intuitive interface, just give access to your accountant and he will know what to do.
Invoice creation takes seconds, with precise estimates of costs, and reminders for late client payments
Getting aster payments by offering more options for clients to pay with.
Create accurate reports with custom data filtering for better insights, and also get a custom business overview of any information you want to know on the main dashboard.
A client portal where you can communicate better with your customers.
Time tracking features that maintains an amazing overview over multiple projects, track unbilled hours and create invoices right from projects.
Keeping track of inventory levels at all times, setting reorder points and stock replenishes when it gets low.
Mobile phone app integration so you can take care of your taxes and business from anywhere.
ZoHo Books, as a financing software was created to increase your business potential. By providing all these awesome features, doing taxes will never be a problem for you. Be sure to see your business grow like never before.
ZoHo Books
Taxes, invoices, payments, unbilled hours tracking, all you need in one accounting software.
How does Quickbooks help your small business? It can prepare and generate End-of-Year reports. Then you can easily import them into Intuit’s Turbo Tax Software. It can also generate documents specifically for your accountant – in case you have one.
If you do your own taxes, here are the 3 reports that you should generate:
Profit & Loss: In the Reports section select Profit & Loss Standard, followed by Company & Financials. Of course, select Last Fiscal Year as a filter and Run the report.
Taxes: Select Last Tax Year from the Accountant & Taxes options found in the same Reports section.
1099 Summary: Finally, go to Reports -> Vendors & Payables and click on 1099 Summary.
For the accountant, it’s even easier: From the menu bar, you can select File and then Accounts Copy. Make sure to have the last day of the tax year selected in the Dividing Date control box. Save the file and done.
QuickBooks
Easily generate documents needed for tax reporting, see how to save money, and lots more with Quickbooks.
Intuit Turbo Tax is one of the best overall tax programs for small businesses that you can find out there. This program combines powerful features with an accurate and complex tax filing process.
Check out some of its best features:
Intuit Turbo Tax is easy to learn and use, and it comes with an intuitive interface.
The program takes you through six tabs Personal Info, Business, Personal, State Taxes, Review, and E-File.
The guided filing system makes preparing taxes really easy because the program does the heavy work.
This software provides a preview of your expected refund.
You will be able to send your returns straight to the IRS via a secure channel.
The software includes a guided real estate and rental component.
You will be able to prepare taxes for multiple businesses in just one place.
Turbo Tax supports direct deposit into your bank account of the refund.
It also includes an asset depreciation feature that tracks the depreciation of more significant purchases over the year.
Customer service is really informative and engaged in order to help you better understand the product.
You can get Intuit Turbo Tax from the official website and start doing your taxes right away.
Intuit Turbo Tax
Prepare all your tax files in just one place, with this amazing software. Get the best deal now
If you have to file small business taxes, then this is another vendor that’s worth considering. The company provides a Premium package for small business owners.
Check out the most important features that you will be able to benefit from when you get Jackson Hewitt Online:
You will obtain access to the Help Me Decide guides which come in handy if you are new to filing taxes.
The program also provides excellent deduction discovery tools to help you find every qualifying deduction.
When you get Jackson Hewitt Online, you will also get access to unlimited support from tax professionals.
The Q&A process makes data entry similar to most competitors’ offerings.
Jackson Hewitt Online has a searchable knowledge base.
You can contact tax professionals by email, chat, or phone, and you can also visit one of the retail locations if you prefer live support in person.
Jackson Hewitt Online
Unlimited access to tax professionals and easy-to-use deduction discovery tools that make the filing tax process smooth.
H&R Block is another suitable software for small and very small businesses and even for the self-employed. The software provides an easy-to-learn and use platform which is paired with access to personalized attention from the tax professionals working at H&R Block.
Take a look at the most useful features that are included in the program:
H&R Block’s interface is highly user-friendly, and this is great because the point of a tax software is to make things easier without having to use an accountant.
The filing process is straightforward and incredibly effortless to navigate even for beginners.
The primary screen displays a few tabs such as a Welcome Screen, State Taxes, Federal Taxes, Tax Planning, and E-Filing tab.
H&R Block is able to import your information from other leading software such as Turbo Tax so that you won’t have to redo everything if you’re coming here from another vendor.
The program guides you through the filing process by displaying on-screen prompts.
The instructions are effortless to understand and follow.
The premium version of this software includes support for itemized deductions, retirement income, investment income, and more.
You will be able to send your tax filings straight to the IRS, and the data will be secure and encrypted.
The software provides free access to a tax expert and in-person audit support.
Reporting assistance is a feature that is available for managing income from retirement assets, home sales, and capital gains.
H&R Block lets you archive your documents for later use regardless if it’s for a personal accounting need or for an audit.
H&R Block also provides a maximum refund guarantee, and if another vendor’s program will result in a larger tax refund, H&R Block guarantees to refund the fees you paid them for your tax return.
TaxSlayer online tax preparation program is another excellent software if you have a small business and decide to do your own taxes without the help of an accountant. Check out the best features that are included in this easy-to-use program:
The interface is intuitive and effortless to use even for beginners.
TaxSlayer offers online tax preparation software for the electronic filing of deferral and state tax returns.
The interview-style Q&A is similar to what is available from other tax packages that you can find on the market.
The software comes with an online knowledge base.
Premium users will be able to submit questions to tax professionals and get priority to tech support.
You also can gain access to free live chat.
You can also file your taxes on the go.
The software provides e-file capabilities for multiple platforms.
Professional representatives are always on standby to help you out with questions and check returns to make sure you get the highest accuracy and the quickest processing.
Overall, the software provides high-quality processing and great online tech support.
These are some of the best tax programs for small businesses that you’ll be able to find these days, and they all come packed with useful and easy-to-understand and use set of features.
Check them all out and pick the one that seems the best suited for your business needs.
Creating screenshots is quite simple, and it can be done in a matter of seconds if you know how to do it.
However, the screenshot-taking process can get slightly more complicated if you’re using two or multiple monitors.
In today’s article, we’ll show you how to take a screenshot of one monitor if you’re using a multi-monitor setup on Windows 10 PC, so let’s get started.
How can I take a screenshot of only one monitor in Windows 10?
1. Use the Snipping Tool
1. Make sure that the monitor you want to screenshot is your primary monitor. If not, change your primary monitor.
2. Press Windows Key + S and enter snipping tool in the search box.
3. Select the Snipping Tool from the list of results to open it.
4. From the app’s menu, go to Mode and select Full-screen snip.
5. A screenshot of your currently active monitor will be taken automatically.
6. Click the save icon at the top.
7. Now select the save location, enter the desired name and file format.
8. Click the Save button.
You can easily take screenshot one monitor using the built-in Snipping Tool on your PC. This method will take a screenshot of your primary display.
Currently, it’s not possible to take a screenshot of a secondary display. Therefore, you need to set the primary display to be the one you want to take a screenshot of.
However, you should know that the Snipping Tool will get replaced in the upcoming updates, so it might not be a viable long-term solution.
2. Use a keyboard shortcut
Move the mouse to the monitor that you wish to screenshot.
Now press Print Screen on your keyboard.
Press Windows Key + S and enter paint. Select Paint from the list of results.
Now press Ctrl + V to paste the screenshot to Paint.
Now choose File > Save as.
Enter the desired file name, select the format, and click the Save
Note: You can use any image editor software to save your screenshot, we used Paint because it’s the most convenient and available on all Windows 10 PCs.
You can make this process a lot faster simply by using the Windows Key + Print Screen shortcut.
By doing so, you’ll automatically take a screenshot of the entire monitor and save it directly to the following path:
C:\Users\WindowsReport\Pictures\Screenshots
This method is incredibly simple and straightforward, so it’s perfect for less experienced users.
Creating screenshots of an entire monitor on Windows 10 is rather simple, and you can do it without any third-party applications.
All that you need is a Snipping Tool or Snip & Sketch app that comes with Windows 10. If you want to create screenshots even faster, without any software, you can always rely on keyboard shortcuts.
Let us know in the comments section below if you managed to take the desired print screen on your device.
As a business owner, you need to file your businesstax returns regularly. This can be an arduous and time-consuming task. One major thing is, that you have to fill it one after the other accurately and timely.
However, technology has made tax filing easy as there are numerous tax filing software available. One advantage of using software is it enables quick automated filling of software which enables you to easily focus on running your business.
Windows Report has compiled some of the best tax filing software which enables the quick and accurate filing of taxes.
What are the best payroll software options for filing taxes?
FreshBooks is a well-known accounting software that provides a variety of essential capabilities for individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises. Freshbooks tracks your mistakes and inaccuracies, improves operational efficiency, and connects timesheets to payroll.
Although Freshbooks does not have a native functionality for handling employee payrolls, it does have two integrations. With versatile connections that sync with Freshbooks, you can make data sharing easier.
To assist owners with payroll, FreshBooks has teamed with Gusto, the top small company payroll system in the United States. provide payroll services, benefits, and human resource solutions
It provides full-service payroll, managing everything from payroll taxes to HR inquiries. Gusto also offers other services like health insurance, retirement plans, and employee onboarding tools.
When you combine FreshBooks and Gusto, your payroll data is instantly transferred into FreshBooks, making bookkeeping simple and accurate.
FreshBooks
FreshBooks is a simplified method for managing spending, invoicing, reports, and time tracking.
TurboTax is a popular tax software commonly used by small business owners and partnerships. The major advantage of this software is the free federal and state filing options on offer. TurboTax also enables you to create unlimited W-2 and 1099 forms, and documents for partners and shareholders.
Meanwhile, you can also request expert advice from tax personnel. It also makes it easy for users to prepare taxes for multiple business clients in one place. After filling your tax TurboTax displays a final review of your returns prepared with the advice of a CPA agent.
However, TurboTax lacks personal tax features as it only offers a business prep version; secondly, the software takes time to install.
TurboTax
Maximize your deductions, import investment income, and many more with this amazing tax software.
Generating the end-of-year reports for your business takes a lot of time and effort and you can feel overwhelmed pretty quickly. With QuickBooks, you can easily prepare your tax returns and have your data saved into a format that can be imported into Intuit’s Turbo Tax Software.
Make sure that your version of QuickBooks has an active registration code if you want to prepare your business taxes using TurboTax. Additionally, your TurboTax software needs to be installed on the same physical drive as the one where you have QuickBooks before you can import data.
The good news is that in case you prepare and file your taxes using Intuit TurboTax, you can import your QuickBooks data directly into the application.
If you want to generate your end-of-year reports you have 3 different types of reports to choose from: Profit & Loss Standard reports, Accountant & Taxes, and Vendors & Payables reports.
To generate the Profit & Loss Standard report:
Open Quickbooks.
Click on Reports.
Go to Profit & Loss Standard.
Next, go to Company & Financials.
From the Transaction Date drop-down select Last Fiscal Year.
Click Run report.
Press print the report.
For the Accountant & Taxes report:
Open Quickbooks.
Select Accountant & Taxes.
In the Transaction Date drop-down select Last Tax Year.
Click Run report.
Press print the report.
Lastly for the Vendors & Payables report
Launch Quickbooks
Select Vendors & Payables.
Go to 1099 Summary.
Click Run report
To create the Accountants Copy of Books make sure to follow these steps:
Launch Quickbooks.
Go to File and select Accounts Copy.
Click Save File.
Next, go to Accounts Copy again and go to the Dividing Date control box.
Choose the last day of the tax year.
Click Next and Save In.
Make sure to copy the QuickBooks data file to an external hard drive.
QuickBooks
You can easily fill your taxes using QuickBooks reports. It makes the filing taxes process so much simpler!
Keeping track of your employee’s salaries is just as crucial as paying them on time, and Zoho Books with payroll integration can assist you with that. You can keep track of the wages you pay and the taxes you pay in your Zoho Books dashboard.
Manually entering data after each pay run can be time-consuming and tedious. This is when Zoho Payroll comes in handy. Zoho Payroll is a full payroll administration system that calculates wages, taxes, and deductions automatically, sends out payslips, and handles all other payroll-related tasks.
It is integrated with Zoho Books, ensuring that your payroll and accounting are in sync. All payroll costs and tax obligations will be documented in the appropriate Expense and Liability accounts. This will immediately be shown in your Profit and Loss report, confirming that your financial statement is correct.
The act of rewarding your employees for the days they worked in a month is referred to as a pay run. You can easily create your company’s payroll structure and perform pay runs for your employees using Zoho Payroll.
Employee Portal enables your workers to examine their pay stubs and do all payroll-related tasks such as declaring FBP and IT, providing investment evidence, and making reimbursement claims.
Zoho Books
Employees can be connected with retirement programs, health insurance, and taxation benefits.
If you are self-employed and want to pick from the best free online tax filing, TaxSlayer is the recommended solution for you.
The software enables you to easily prepare and file your taxes on the go with your Windows PC or your mobile device.
TaxSlayer is easy to navigate as the features are easy to access with all the features arranged properly in the user menu.
The refund policy is one major feature that makes the software an attractive option. This guarantees you the maximum fund entitlement applicable to you.
However, this best software to file business taxes has limited features when compared to other tax filing software; although, this is understandable due to its cheap price.
TaxSlayer
Forget stressful forms and tax deductions using this professional tax management tool.
Ranked as one of the best software solutions to file business taxes, this popular tax software enables you to file your taxes online easily. Users can easily import data from other tax software and have their custom tax files on the software.
H&R enables you to file your tax returns directly to the IRS.
Meanwhile, the software has a unique feature in which you can request to have your tax returns checked by a tax professional for free. In addition, H&R is very easy to install and use, with the program giving users relevant information on financial transactions like buying a car.
However, the major downside of the software is the compatibility problems with printers and some regions are exempted from the software; hence, this may cause difficulty in filing tax returns for those regions.
TaxAct is an extensive tax filing software that offers many features. Some of its features include audit support and the ability to tax prep products for various businesses.
TaxAct is particularly good for small businesses as it enables you to file one federal tax return.
The software is secure as your transactions are encrypted to prevent a leak of your personal details. Their customer support is topnotch with email and phone call options available with a specialist who assists with your complaints and requests.
However, the downside of this software is that you need to pay an additional fee to import data from the previous year’s tax returns.
This software to file business taxes is known for its excellent services rendered. With Liberty Tax, it is easy, accurate, and secure to fill taxes properly.
The software has an excellent user interface that enables users to choose which aspects of the task to return to work on.
Another unique feature is Liberty Tax does not incorporate complex steps. You can easily fill your tax in about 10 minutes with 100% assurance. The software double-checks your tax returns and ensures your tax return is accurate.
In addition, Liberty Tax has excellent customer support with live chat, email, and social media options available. You can also meet one-on-one with customer support personnel in any of their 3000 branches worldwide.
However, the major snag of this software is that sometimes errors are not flagged out until the end of the tax filing process; this makes the customer start the process from the beginning.
eSmart Tax Premium is an ideal tax-filling software for small business owners. You can easily prepare your tax returns and fill out your 1040 form properly with the program. The software is secure and encrypts your information to prevent your information from leaking.
In addition, eSmart Tax also enables you to import W-2 file information and gives you a review of your previous tax returns. With this software, you can check your credits and deductions in search of an ideal refund.
Meanwhile, this program does not have extensive features unlike Turbo Tax and H&R.
These are some of the best tax filing software for small business owners. You must choose the program that best suits you in terms of pricing, time savings, features, and other factors.
If the software isn’t servicing your needs, there’s no use in paying more for it just because it’s popular. The greatest alternative for you is if all the capabilities are included in one piece of software and you don’t have to spend money on purchasing multiple pieces of software for various tasks.
If you wish to use software to its fullest potential after purchasing it, educate yourself on all of its functions. As a lack of information can have negative effects, it will prevent data loss in the future.
Tip
Make sure to use the best accounting software to avoid any mistakes when calculating your taxes and expenses. We recommend you visit our Accounting and Tax section for other similar articles.
If you have any experience using any of these best software to file business taxes we mentioned above, please leave a comment below.
When you open multiple files in Excel, those files do not open in separate windows. Instead, users can switch between them by clicking their thumbnail previews on Windows 10‘s taskbar.
However, some users might need to open two MS Excel files in separate windows so they can view their contents side by side.
In the guides below you will find out how users can open two or more Excel files in multiple windows.
How can I have two Excel windows open side by side?
1. Open two Excel windows and place them side by side
You can open the Excel application multiple times to have a couple of Excel windows on the desktop. To do that, click the Excel icon to open the software.
Then click Excel’s icon again to open the software for a second time. Thereafter, you’ll have two Excel windows on the desktop.
Click the Restore Down buttons on the windows.
Then you can drag one window to the left of the desktop to fill the left side.
Drag the other window to the right of the desktop to fill the right side of the desktop as shown directly below.
Then click File > Open in both windows to open spreadsheets in them.
2. Press the Shift Key to open multiple Excel files side by side
Alternatively, you can open multiple Excel windows by pressing and holding the Shift key. First, open the Excel software. Then hold the Shift key, and click Excel’s taskbar icon. That will open another window for the application that users can drag to both desktop sides as outlined above.
3. Add the Office Tab to Excel
Users can also open spreadsheets in separate windows with the Office Tab extension for Excel. That’s a $29 add-on for Excel that adds spreadsheet tabs to Excel, and users can try out a one-month free trial for Office Tab.
After installing that add-on, Excel will include alternative tabs for separate spreadsheets. Then users can right-click a spreadsheet tab and select its Open in New Window context menu option.
2. ClickFile>Opento open a couple of spreadsheets.
3. Choose the View tab.
4. Select the View Side by Side option in the Window group.
5. Alternatively, users can select theNew Windowoption to open another spreadsheet in separate window.
Users utilizing full versions of Excel 2019-2007 can select aView Side by Sideoption to compare two spreadsheets. The option is built-in on the app, and is very easy to toggle on.
So, there are a few ways users can open Excel spreadsheets in separate windows. Then users can drag windows to the left and right sides of the Windows desktop to view both the spreadsheets’ contents.
However, note that Windows XP and Vista don’t include the Windows Snap feature for arranging windows on the left and right sides of the desktop.
For any more questions or suggestions, don’t hesitate to reach for the comments section below.
Excel’s sharing violation error dates back to MS Office 2007. That error message states: Your changes could not be saved to ‘ FileName’ because of a sharing violation.
Consequently, users can’t save changes to some of their Excel spreadsheet files when that issue arises. It’s not something new, and Microsoft once had a hotfix package for the error that has now been discontinued.
Nevertheless, you can still fix the sharing violation with the resolutions below.
How can I fix Excel’s sharing violation error?
1. Turn on the Sharing Wizard
Check that the Sharing Wizard is enabled. To do so, open File Explorer.
Click the View tab.
Press the Options button.
Select Change folder and search options to open the window shown directly below.
Select the View tab.
Select the Use Sharing Wizard checkbox.
Click Apply to save the new settings.
Click OK to exit the window.
2. Save the corrupted Excel file with an alternative title
Try saving the file with an alternative file title. To do that in Excel, click File and Save as. Then enter an alternative title for the file in the text box, and press the Save button.
3. Save the file to an alternative folder
Alternatively, try saving the file to a different folder. Select the Save as option. Then select an alternative folder to save it to. Click the Save button.
4. Delete files with CCleaner
Some users have said they’ve fixed Excel’s sharing violation error by erasing files with CCleaner.
Click the green Download button on CCleaner’s webpage to get the installer for it.
Open CCleaner’s setup wizard to install the utility.
Open the CCleaner window.
Select all the checkboxes on the Windows tab.
Click the Analyze button.
Click Run Cleaner and Continue to erase the files.
The sharing violation error can also be due to some third-party antivirus utilities. So, uninstalling third-party utilities might resolve the issue.
You can do that with the standard Windows uninstaller, but that will also leave behind residual files.
Press the Windows key + R hotkey and enter ‘appwiz.cpl’ in Run to open the Windows uninstaller. Then you can uninstall the antivirus software from there.
Most of the bigger antivirus utilities have their own exclusive uninstaller tools, listed within a Microsoft forum post, with which you can more thoroughly remove them.
Download the uninstaller tool for the antivirus software. Then open that utility to uninstall the antivirus software with it.
2. Right-click the folder that includes the Excel file the sharing violation arises for and selectProperties.
3. Press theAdvancedbutton.
4. Select the Allow files in this folder to have contents indexed in addition to file properties checkbox.
5. ClickOKon the Advanced Attributes window.
6. Select theApplyoption .
7. Click theOKbutton to save the changes.
Some users have confirmed they‘ve fixed the issue by enabling file indexing for the folder that includes the Excel spreadsheet the error arises for. This can be done with the help of the built-in File Explorer on your Windows PC.
Solitaire remains one of the most played computer games of all time. However, recently some users have reported that after the Windows 10 update, the game is nowhere to be found.
W10 updated overnight, lost Spider Solitaire, AGAIN! How to get it back and keep this from happening?
Here are some troubleshooting tips that will help you find your Solitaire game after the Windows update deletes it.
What happened to my Solitaire game on Windows 10?
When you apply a significant update to Windows 10, you can discover that some of your apps have been removed when you reboot. Of course, Windows 10 may delete your apps without asking you beforehand, but it shouldn’t be too difficult to get them back.
Windows will not just eliminate apps at random moments on its own. Instead, it will only delete apps when Windows 10 is upgraded to a new major version, often known as a build.
This is because standard Windows updates are handled differently than significant versions. For compatibility purposes, Windows may delete applications if incompatible with the upgrade.
Windows may uninstall an application if it is known to be the source of system crashes, bugs, or other conflicts with Windows. This helps to keep your system stable.
Did Microsoft remove Solitaire?
FreeCell, Klondike, Klondike by Threes, Golf, Pyramid, Simple Simon, Spider Four Suits, Spider Two Suits, and Spider One Suit are some of the challenging solitaire games that are included in the Microsoft Solitaire Collection.
The Microsoft Solitaire Collection is a new app that allows you to enjoy the above games more quickly on your computer. In addition, instead of having them separately installed on your PC, you can have them in one place.
Let’s see what you can do if a Windows update deletes Solitaire from your computer. Follow along!
How do I restore Microsoft Solitaire Collection?
1. Run Windows Store App Troubleshooter
Press Windows + I, then select Update and Security.
Choose the Troubleshooter tab from the left pane.
Scroll down to Find and fix other problems and click on Windows Store Apps.
Click on Run the Troubleshooter.
Windows Store Apps Troubleshooter will scan and detect any problems. If found, it will try to fix the issues automatically. Once done, close the troubleshooter and reboot the system to check if the Solitaire apps are working on your system.
If the app is outdated and incompatible with the latest version of Windows 10, it may not work correctly. One way to resolve this issue is to check for any pending updates for the app.
Open the MicrosoftStore app by typing its name in the search bar after pressing Windows.
Look for Microsoft Solitaire Collection and click the Update button next to it, if there is one.
You may need to reinstall Microsoft Solitaire Collection if you see the Get button. Click the Get button to download Microsoft Solitaire Collection.
3. Roll Back to the Previous Build
Click on Start and select Settings.
Go to Update and Security.
Click the Recovery tab.
Under Go back to the previous Windows 10, click on the Get Started button. Note: This option is only available 10 days after the build is installed.
Now follow the on-screen instructions to roll back to the previous version of Windows 10.
Which version of Solitaire is best?
If you enjoy playing the most excellent games and applications the Microsoft Store offers, you will enjoy playing Solitaire for Windows 10.
This game has progressed to the point where several different third-party developers have produced their versions of the game for all of the many platforms that are currently available.
People are beginning to question why there are so many versions of Solitaire, which is the best Solitaire game for Windows 10, and why there are so many different versions.
To assist, we have compiled a list of the top Solitaire applications available for computer download.
We hope this article helped you get back to using Solitaire on your Windows 10 PC. For further inquiries or notes, comment in the section below. Thanks for reading!
Every accountant uses general ledger software to organize and save financial data or to create financial statements for the company. It’s basically the foundation of any modern accounting system.
Financing software has long replaced traditional paper-based entries. From greengrocers, freelancers to businesses around the world, everyone uses ledger software to keep track of financial transactions.
Understandably, there are numerous options when it comes to accounting software. And while some are only available via subscription, others come free of charge.
Of course, premium accounting software offers great features along with customer support. But do first-time users and people who don’t want to spend a fortune really need it? We believe that free general ledger software is best suited for the job.
Contrary to public belief, there is a wide range of options to choose from that do not imply breaking the bank. So, let’s gid into some free ledger software for PC.
In this article, we will be exploring the best free general ledger software that will help you keep track of all your financial transactions.
Which is the best accounting software for general ledger?
As a cloud-based software, Freshbooks acts as a general ledger for all your business information. Everything about expenses, payables, invoices, and receipts in one single place. Bank reconciliations are as easy as pie.
Track every expense that comes in and out of your accounts with Freshbooks accounting software. It allows the users to upload receipts and import payments from bank statements providing accurate tracking of cents.
Know exact data about revenue, equity, liabilities, and assets with smart customizable reports and amazing data filtering options. Since all your data is in the cloud, every new entry will update your data in real-time.
Invoice creation only takes a few seconds now. Take professionalism to the next level with state-of-the-art invoices with customizable details and templates. They also contain precise details on costs and billed hours.
If you are constantly changing your location, Freshbooks also has a mobile version where you have access to all the features that we’ve talked about.
Freshbooks also provides more key features:
Payment options for clients and late payments reminders
Billed and unbilled hours tracking
Smart tracking tools for tasks, projects, and employees
Multi-project management with real-time data for clients
Business health reports on cash flow, profitability, and detailed spending
Freshbooks
Manage general ledger anytime anywhere with this amazing cloud-based solution.
When it comes to accounting solutions, QuickBooks is an all-in-one bookkeeping general ledger software that can streamline your projects and reduce your workload.
This versatile tool comes in both online and desktop versions that you can access either directly in your browser or download onto your PC to boost your work productivity.
Moreover, QuickBooks comes packed with a variety of training features ranging from video recordings and tutorials to virtual conferences. Needless to say, it’s designed to help you grow in the direction you want.
Faithful to its purpose, this ledger software provides pre-filled templates to cut down on prep time, comprehensive and customizable financial dashboards and reports, and more.
Covering anything from expense management and time tracking to tax calculation and automated payroll, QuickBooks is a full-scale end-to-end business solution.
Let’s quickly look at its key features:
Data collection, tax solutions, automated payroll, time tracking, expense management, and more
Accountant Toolbox to batch manage transactions, export tax-ready data, and run trial balances
Comprehensive management reports and chart of accounts
Automated and customizable bank feeds for more accuracy
Centralized project tracking
Connect third-party apps to accelerate your workflows
Quicken is yet another great tool that can help you with many financial tasks in your business, including many report types.
This software can help you keep track of all your accounts, monitor expenses, and help you create comprehensive reports upon which you can further plan your budget.
Quicken offers bank-grade security so you know your accounts are safe.
Bills and investments are also made easier with Quicken. You can see where your money is coming from and where they are going, and monitor your investment portfolio.
This software has been on the market for a long time and it is very trusted by its users. Not only that, but it also comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee if you are not satisfied.
Here are some more of the main features of Quicken:
Mobile & Web app
Phone and chat support
Create custom income and expense categories
Add notes & memos to transactions
Calendar/Fiscal Year budgeting
Loans, Assets & Brokerage Accounts
Track complete portfolio across financial institutions
Express Accounts from NCH Software is a free offline personal accounting software for private practices, retailers, freelancers, and small businesses that helps with organizing bookkeeping.
The free version of Express Accounts is available for small businesses with less than five employees. For a large business, Express Accounts offers premium packages with features designed for a large organization.
What’s more, this general ledger software will allow you to track sales and accounts receivable and generate professional quotes, sales orders, and invoices.
Wave is a free and powerful ledger software that you can use to keep track of your financial transactions and get ready for tax time with financial statements.
What’s more, it allows you to connect your bank accounts, balance your books, and sync expenses from one place.
Wave pricing starts with a free account which is suitable for small businesses. Obviously, the free general ledger software version provides limited user access. Nevertheless, it offers all the essential features required to manage your cash flow.
The user interface is intuitive making it easy for anyone to learn and use the general ledger software with a little practice. Want more? This is a cloud-based solution.
Thus, you won’t need to install anything on your computer. To top it all, the data is backed up on cloud storage for easier accessibility.
Let’s quickly look at its key features:
256-bit encryption and easy integration with PayPal, Shoeboxed, Etsy, and more
Unlimited bank and credit card connections, income and expense tracking, updates on invoicing, payroll and payment
Unlimited customizable invoicing and receipt scanning
Dashboards show a quick status of cash balance and invoice status
Bill and invoice reminders and export accounting reports
Bulk transaction updates, journal transactions, and access to multiple businesses accounts from one dashboard
Free, simple, and feature-rich, ZipBooks is a cloud-based accounting solution for small business owners and individuals offering bookkeeping and invoicing services.
Unlike Wave, ZipBooks is a premium accounting software that starts with a free account but limited features. Using the free general ledger software account, you can create unlimited invoices.
You can also add unlimited vendors and customers, and accept credit cards and PayPal payments. Moreover, you get to enjoy unlimited bookkeeping, manage one bank account, and keep a tab on business health and invoice quality score.
On the other hand, the premium accounts offer more features like recurring invoices with auto-bill and advanced bookkeeping and accounting options.
Let’s quickly look at its key features:
Simple user interface
Generate income statements, create invoices, check transaction details in the dashboards
Automatically create a convenient general ledger with all the transactions
Manage the account, invoice, user, customer, projects, and tasks
Money Manager Ex is a free general ledger software enabling users to take note of all their expenses. One feature you might enjoy is the offline installation.
This means that you can use it as free ledger software for PC or as a portable app from the USB drive. And there’s even more versatility to come with cross-platform compatibility.
Let’s quickly look at its key features:
Create new bank accounts, track incomes and expenses, recurring transactions, stocks management, and more
Manager is one of the most popular ledger software that is free to use and does not compromise on features. The main reason for this lies in its flexibility.
Thus, you can set up a chart of an account without any restrictions. The user interface is easy to understand and use, adding more accessibility to this already popular tool.
Moreover, if anything sounds too complicated, the active manager user community online offers a solution in no time.
Let’s quickly look at its key features:
Manage banking transactions easily in the dashboard
Integrated bank reconciliation tool, profit and loss statement generation, and project-based accounting
General ledger, fixed asset manager, remittance advice
Cash management, capital accounts, and comparative reporting
Expense claims account receivable, payable account, trial balance, and more
Zoho Invoices is not a general ledger software but an online invoice-generating solution with a feature to keep track of expenses and report generation capabilities.
The great part is that Zoho offers the basic and essential features to starters for free. However, there are more options to choose from. The forever free plan offered by the company is perfect for businesses with less than five customers.
If you happen to have a larger organization, Zoho offers premium plans with more features.
Let’s quickly look at its key features:
Create personalized invoices by choosing pre-designed templates from the gallery
For recurring billing, you can set invoices on autopilot
Integration with Payment gateways for easier payouts
Create professional-looking estimates, convenient client portals, and timesheets
Time tracking for project management and expense calculator with detailed report generation
You don’t need to be an accountant to understand the importance of maintaining a general ledger. It not only helps you track your financial transactions but also keeps you ready for tax filing.
If anything in your balance sheet looks out of order, general ledger software will help you find the discrepancy and correct the details in a timely manner.
All the tools listed in this article qualify as free general ledger software or at least offer a free account to get you started. Have you used any of them before? Do let us know in the comments below.
Manual reconciliation is a tried-and-tested method and more than half of the companies in the US still take this approach. However, this it’s prone to human errors, unlike bank reconciliation software.
What’s more, automated reconciliation will take one of the most time-consuming tasks in the accounting department and make it faster and more efficient.
But, not every company is ready to make the switch yet. The prime reasons being the costs and the time it will take for the employees to get familiar with the new technology.
Bank reconciliations are just one aspect of a much broader spectrum known as finance and accounting. Luckily enough, FreshBooks is a cloud-based software that will take care of every part of accounting, reconciliations included.
It doesn’t matter if you own a small company or a multinational enterprise, Freshbooks was built to be an easy-to-use, intuitive, efficient helper to increase your business productivity.
Double-entry accounting tools provide great help when it’s time to do a bank reconciliation. Since you can track all receipts, invoices and payables in one app, you will get it done in no time.
One key aspect of this bank reconciliation software is that it is simple and intuitive. Thus, you’ll spend less time on paperwork and impress your clients with how professional your invoices look.
Automate part of your business with a smart invoice system, with professional templates that will clearly show expenses and work done. Also, it comes with more payment options and automated late payment reminders.
Out of town? Have all features included within the mobile app, send invoices, check balances and real-time updates on projects from anywhere.
Other key features of Freshbooks are:
Time tracking tools for all employees and projects
Automatically add billed hours to invoices
Multi-project management with real-time data
Customizable reports with data filtering options
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When it comes to balancing checks, creating invoices, reconciliations, or pretty much any other accounting action, few tools can come close to this bank reconciliation software.
Just like balancing your checkbook, you need to review your accounts in QuickBooks to make sure they match your real-life bank and credit card statements.
Admittedly, unlike some of the other entries on our list, this service does not feature automated reconciliation software.
However, one great thing about QuickBooks is the added documentation that will teach you how to do pretty much anything. This includes guides that will teach you how to reconcile your accounts so they match your bank and credit card statements.
Here’s how to use QuickBooks:
Get your bank or credit card statements.
Use the Reconcile option in Tools, then choose the account you’re aiming at.
Examine your transactions in the dashboard to compare whatever you had on the paper with what you already have in the tool.
Quickbooks shows, under the same screen, the type of transaction, the date, the amount, and the account. Pre-approved transactions from the bank appear as already checked by QuickBooks.
TurboTax focuses mainly on filing tax returns for small businesses. One of the best things about it is that it’s free to use for certain operations.
These include filing your federal and state taxes, importing your return from a previous year from similar tax software, or offering guidance in case of an audit.
This is not automated reconciliation software. Nevertheless, it’s very easy to use. To reconcile your accounts, you have a dedicated Balance Sheet option under the Federal Taxes menu.
Here you have to manually update existing accounts or enter new ones and make sure the entries match the amounts in your books.
Another advantage is that you can use TurboTax together with QuickBooks and import your balance sheet from there. Here’s one powerful combo that will produce the ultimate bank reconciliation software.
BlackLine is an automated reconciliation software that will allow you to control and streamline this challenging process. It is a cloud-based solution with an intuitive interface specifically designed for performing account reconciliation.
The reconciliation tools it offers include standardized templates, approval, and reviews, procedures, policies, and workflows for preparation. What’s more, the integration option allows you to store supporting documents on the cloud.
This bank reconciliation software maintains proper segregation of duties. In return, this reduces the possibility of human error in a paper-based manual spreadsheet. T
The users can see the details of account reconciliation, add text fields and upload supporting documentation. You can also follow up on the completion status in the dashboard or in a quick preview.
ReconArt combines bank reconciliation software with a management suite. It is a cloud-based solution that helps to streamline your finance and accounting reconciliation process. And it does so while increasing productivity.
When it comes to reconciliation tools, ReconArt’s solution is one that definitely pops out. And there a good reason for this. Its powerful functionalities allow you to operate at new levels of efficiency.
You can automate routine and high volume scenarios, or schedule activities and actions. It can also automate data mapping, imports, extraction, and enrichment process. Furthermore, it allocates codes for automated reconciliation status, adds item exceptions, sends alerts and notifications, and more.
Other benefits of this automated reconciliation software include the ability to recapture and redirect team bandwidth, reduce time-to-complete windows, increase accuracy and decrease risk.
Xero is ideal for Startups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The cloud-based account management solution can also be used on smartphones via the app or through a web client.
Xero is more than just an automated reconciliation software. It offers the tools to process invoices and quotes, manage inventory, purchase orders, bills, and expenses, and more. Plus, you can import data from your other management solutions via third-party app integration.
Thus, you can further customize the Xero experience by integrating it with services like PayPal, Shopify, Expensify, Deputy, Gusto, Squarespace and more for point-of-sale, time tracking, e-commerce and so on.
The online dashboard allows you to monitor cash flow with charts and graphs, customize reports, see details about your bank accounts and credit card, follow up on outstanding invoices, monitor your sales and specific parts of the business.
For the reconciliation process, Xero automatically imports bank transactions every working day, sets up rules to automatically match bank transactions to invoices, creates routines, groups similar transactions, and more.
But there is more to Xero than a suite of reconciliation tools. You can also track project times and spendings, create and check inventory items, pay bills, and run unlimited payroll across all states using Gusto.
Statement Matching is a cloud-based automated reconciliation software solution available for Windows computers. It is ideal for startups, SMEs, agencies, and enterprises.
Statement Matching comes equipped with reconciliation tools, it can keep track of credit notes, payment dues, miss-posting, and send notifications and alerts.
Unlike other bank reconciliation software that require you to upload suppliers’ documents, Statement Matching takes it one step further. Thus, it allows suppliers to access and reconcile their own statements, view the status of the invoices, and leave comments via the online portal.
The software reconciles the statements by company and vendor using the invoice date, number, amount, and currency details. You can also use it with cross-company and cross-vendor in case the supplier has multiple accounts on your system.
Bank Rec is an automated reconciliation software that allows you to perform high-speed automated matching with predefined rules. For each account, you can select matching rules such as issue-to-issue, check-to-check, and user-defined.
The Reconciliation Wizard offers reconciliation reports that satisfy the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 act. It can also generate period-sensitive reconciliation reports that include historical data. Everything can be exported to Excel if necessary.
Using exception reporting, you can identify why a record didn’t match with your ledger. Furthermore, you can track unmatched items and resolve the problem using the Point and Click option.
Bank Rec uses Type Classes as an attribute during matching to achieve the highest possible rate. You can import Excel and CSV files or simply copy and paste them for easier imports. It also supports BAI files, SQL insertion, and QuickBooks integration.
Bank Rec is an offline software that can free your employees from the time-consuming manual reconciliation task and allow them to focus only on exceptions.
Automated reconciliation software can help you with data availability, different data formats, lack of transparency, data matching issues, and data complexity, that often create problems during transactional matching.
These reconciliation tools will surely help you improve your workflows and make your staff more efficient with fewer human errors.
Encountered The Media Could not be loaded, either because of the server or network or because the format is not supported error?
It’s most often happening on Google Chrome and today we’ll show you all you need to know to fix it.
Fix Media could not be loaded either because the server or network failed or the format is not supported:
1. Update your web browser
1. Open the Chrome browser on your PC.
2. Click the Menu icon and choose Settings.
3. Select About Google Chrome from the menu.
4. From here, the browser will automatically check for available updates and install them directly.
5. Once this is done, go back and try to load the affected video again. If you are able to load/play it, then you are all set.
More often than not, when you get Video format not supported in Chrome error, the actual cause could be that you are running an outdated browser.
In this case, the ultimate solution would be to update your web browser to the latest version, after which you should be able to load and watch the affected media/video.
Open Chrome and go to the website that gives you this error message.
Go to the Menu icon, then More tools. Lastly, select Extensions.
Disable AdBlock by clicking the switch icon.
Refresh the page.
Check if the video can now load. If the error persists, the problem is probably network-related (and not from your end), in which case there is little or nothing you can do about it except to keep trying.
3. Switch to a different browser
If you’re getting Format is not supported or source is unavailable, you might want to consider a different browser. If you don’t know what browser to download on your computer, we recommend Opera One.
It’s safe, stable and has tons of modern features. Opera automatically blocks trackers, ads, and other elements that may cause slow browsing, so you won’t experience video buffering issues.
As a bonus, it also has a Video pop-out and an adjustable floating video window.
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The error messageis usually associated with an unsupported format, and in most cases, you should be able to fix this problem using one of our solutions.
We hope you found this helpful article. Leave any questions you might have in the comments section below.
2. Upload the image you want to add to it, then select it.
3. Go to Layout options.
4. Select any option from the With Text Wrapping section.
5. The text will now wrap around your image and you can move it freely.
An easy method to move a picture in Word is to change the Layout Option right from the image itself. You can also move your image pixel by pixel by using the arrow keys.
Wrapping text around an image in Word and moving the image is pretty simple, and you just need to use the Wrap Text feature in Word. Thus, you will be able to freely move a picture in Word.
After doing that, you should be able to move the image freely simply by dragging it to the desired position.
If you found this guide useful, let us know in the comments below.
The Discord Text-to-Speech (TTS) feature usually reads out text messages entered with /tts. However, it seems like tts is sometimes not working on Discord.
If this is happening, you won’t be able to hear TTS audio for messages. This is extremely annoying, especially when this app is the most used for chatting worldwide.
Fortunately, you don’t have to worry. We compiled some methods to easily solve this issue once and for all.
Because it’s important to be aware of the potential causes why the tts is not working on Discord, we suggest checking the following information.
Why is TTS not working?
Before anything else, you should keep in mind that TTS follows the default system settings of how Discord is being used.
Internet browsers such as Chrome or Firefox have a different Text-to-Speech reading bot than Windows do. Depending on what platform you’re using, you’ll be hearing different TTS voices!
In case TTS not working, it could be the result of a simple communication or software glitch. Keep in mind that you can fix it in a few seconds.
In addition, remember that you might experience disabled settings or alternative non-Stereo speaker configurations.
Outdated operating systems or sound drivers may explain why the Discord TTS is not working on your PC.
To discover the most efficient fixing solutions, we recommend checking the entire content below.
How can I fix Text-To-Speech not working on Discord?
1. Enable Text-to-Speech for all channels
Hit the Windows key, type Discord, then open the first result.
Click on the User Settings button (marked as a gear).
Then select Notifications on the left sidebar.
Scroll down to the Text-to-Speech Notifications section, then checkmark the For all channels option.
Save the setting, then restart Discord.
2. Change your speaker setup to stereo
Look at your Windows taskbar, then right-click on the Speakers icon, and choose Sounds.
Then select the Playback tab shown directly below.
Right-click on your Speaker, then choose to Set as Default Device.
Right-click again on your Speakers, then press on Configure Speakers.
In the opened window, select the Stereo option on that window if an alternative one is selected.
Press the Next button to go through other Speaker Setup settings.
Thereafter, click Finish to confirm.
3. Update Discord to the latest version
Use the following keyboard shortcut: Windows + R.
To open the Local folder, input this command and click OK: %localappdata%
Open the Discord folder.
Click the Update.exe file to get your Discord app updated.
If Discord won’t update using this method, you should check other efficient solutions.
To make sure that all the traces of the software are removed, we recommend that you try using a specialized software removal app.
Hit the Windows key, then type Device Manager, and open it.
Expand the Sound, video, and game controllers section, right-click on your sound driver, then choose to Update driver.
Select Search automatically for drivers.
You’ll be notified if there are any available drivers to update.
To fix any more general audio issues that might be impacting Discord’s Text-to-Speech feature, consider updating sound device drivers. Driver updater software will highlight outdated drivers and enable you to quickly update them, we recommend Outbyte Driver Updater as the best option currently available.
5. Update Windows 10
Use the following keyboard shortcut to launch Windows Settings: Windows + I.
Select Update & Security to open the Windows Update options.
Click Check for updates to check if there are any available patch updates.
You can also choose to Download and install any available patch updates.
If there’s a feature update available, click the Download and install option to add the latest Windows 10 version to your PC.
In case this process takes too long and you’re wondering why are Windows updates so slow, make sure you check our dedicated guide, which explains it in detail.
6. Reset the Text-to-Speech setting
1. Hit the Windows key, type Discord, then click on the first result.
2. Navigate to User Settings (marked as a gear, in the left bottom of the window).
3. From the left window pane, go toAccessibility.
4. Then, scroll to theAllow playback and usage of /tts command and toggle it off.
5. Save the changes, exit and restart Discord.
6. Now, follow the same steps, but toggle the button on.
If you want to fix TTS not working on Discord, you should try resetting the Allow playback and usage of the text-to-speech command setting by turning it off and back on again.
Text-to-Speech is not available for the Discord mobile app. So, you can’t select any Text-to-Speech options within the Android app. This feature is, however, available in the Discord web app along with the desktop software.
So, that’s how you can fix Discord’s Text-to-Speech feature when it doesn’t work as expected.
As you might be expected, this is not the only Discord attribute that may run into trouble. Users also claimed that Discord Push to Talk is not working in-game. If you’re in the same boat, make sure you check our dedicated fix guide.
Note that Discord also has a help team you can submit support tickets to if further potential resolutions are still required.
In case you didn’t manage to get rid of this annoying issue, you can also send a support ticket to Discord’s Submit a request page.
For any additional questions or curiosities regarding this subject, do not hesitate to use the comment section below.
PowerPoint is a great tool for business or even personal presentation and it’s been an option that many users have chosen.
Unfortunately, many PowerPoint presentations can become huge due to the images, videos, graphics, or 3D models inserted.
One reason why this is not such a great thing is that it can be really difficult to share or upload such files.
If you are looking for ways to compress your PowerPoint file, keep on reading. We have compiled a list of a few easy steps that will help you solve this in no time.
Compressing a PowerPoint file shouldn’t feel like a difficult process, especially when you are using a dedicated tool. One such great tool that we recommend you use is WinZip.
Some of the very useful features this software has to offer are sharing, editing, watermarking, or moving the files stored on your PC or in the cloud service.
Additionally, WinZip can integrate itself into Dropbox, OneDrive, GoogleDrive, and more, which makes it easy to work on your documents directly from a ZIP file.
Due to its options that allow you to share, manage, protect, and even back up your files, this software is more than just a simple compression tool.
When it comes to adding new files to a zipped archive, the process is extremely simple. You can simply drag and drop any file you want from your device and the compression will take a few seconds.
It takes just a few clicks to use Winzip. After you downloaded it and installed it on your device, you will have to locate the PowerPoint file you need to compress, right-click on it and choose Zip from the menu.
Here are some of its key features:
Manage your file and File splitter features.
Repairs faulty ZIP file.
Allows you to extract multiple files.
Compression features.
Password protection feature.
Data back-up and sharing options.
Supports multiple compression formats: Zip, Zipx, RAR, 7z, TAR, GZIP, VHD, XZ, and more.
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2. Convert your file to PDF to reduce PPT file size
Press F12 or go to the Save As dialog box.
Change the File Type to PDF.
Click Save.
Converting your file to PDF will significantly reduce its size. This happens because in the PDF compression process, all the images will be reduced in size, and the video or media files will be removed.
It can happen that not all the elements in your presentation will convert to the PDF file properly, so make sure to keep this in mind as well.
3. Compress files in Powerpoint
1. Open Microsoft Powerpoint.
2. Next, select theInfo tab.
3. Open theCompress Mediamenu.
4. Choose acompression file size(Full HD 1080p, HD 720p or Standard 480p).
5. Save the file to your PC.
The default video compression available in PowerPoint does a really great job at compressing PPT files. This built-in compression feature can reduce the PPT file size by over 6x.
If you don’t feel confident in compressing your PowerPoint file by yourself, there are no worries. Fortunately enough there are plenty of online tools you can use in order to do this.
Most of these tools are very easy to use, with some simple instructions to follow. Usually, al you need to do is select your file, upload it on the website, wait for the compressing process to finish, and download it at the end.
One advantage of using an online browser-based tool is that by doing that you will avoid using your computer’s resources, and instead, make the entire process online.
We do recommend you check the website’s security and privacy and make sure your antivirus is activated and your device is protected.
Taking into consideration that you will be downloading the file over the Internet, is better to take some extra protection steps.
This is all. We hope one of our suggestions helped you learn how to easily compress your PowerPoint file without spending too much time. Before you leave, don’t miss our latest guide on how to open PPTX file in Windows 11.
If you have additional questions or suggestions, please let us know in the comments section below.
After editing some photos on their PC or after using an SD card as an additional drive, many users reported that a new folder, called Removable Storage Devices, suddenly appeared on the desktop.
The folder contains the available devices and drives on the computer (sometimes it’s empty), and cannot be removed.
The folder was reported for the first time back in 2018, and it was also related to the same year’s October Windows 10 which caused many issues.
Subsequent cumulative Windows 10 updates don’t seem to have fixed the situation. Actually, the users were reluctant to remove it, fearing that this might affect the entire OS.
Although the exact reason why this folder appears is unknown, users have tried several ways to get rid of it without damaging the system.
How do I delete the Removable Storage Devices folder on Desktop?
1. Refresh your desktop to get rid of the Removable Storage Devices folder
This is the simplest and most commonsensical solution that many users applied to get rid of the folder.
Namely, with a right-click on your desktop and selecting the Refresh option, the temporary files should be deleted. This solution removed the folder, but only for a certain time.
Many users mentioned that the folder reappeared. In this case, you might want to try the next solutions from our guide.
2. Run an antivirus scan to get remove the Removable Storage Devices folder
Your device might be missing important updates or might not work properly because of a virus or some malware.
We recommend an in-depth antivirus scan just to be sure. You can use Windows’ built-in security tool, Windows Defender, or a third-party antivirus tool.
It is best to use a dedicated security tool instead of Windows Defender because the last one offers only basic protection.
To secure and protect your computer, sensitive data, online payments, passwords, smart home devices, and webcam we recommend you to use one of the best cybersecurity tools.
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Protect your important computer data files and remove malware that can cause the Removable Storage Devices folder to appear.
1. Press the Windows key and type cmd in the search bar.
2. You should see the Command Prompt application in the results.
3. Click on Run asadministrator.
4. In the command prompt window, type the following command:DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
5. Press Enter to execute the command.
6. Wait for the DISM scan to complete. The process should take about 10-20 minutes to complete and should correct any faulty registry files.
7. Check whether the Removable Storage Devices folder is gone from your desktop.
Since it is possible that the Removable Storage Devices folder is connected to incorrectly configured system settings or broken entries in the Windows registry, a DISM scan should fix the problem. You can easily perform one through Command Prompt.
So these would be the recommended and handy solutions that should help you delete the Removable Storage Devices folder.
We skipped the rebooting step, which is sometimes helpful to remove temporary files, also, we didn’t recommend a fresh install of the OS, because it’s a more difficult job and probably unnecessary.
If you have problems removing other files, icons, or folders, you may want to take a look at our dedicated guide and learn how to easily solve the problem.
If you have any comments related to this topic, please use the dedicated section below.
2. Configure Recycle Bin to permanently delete files from the Computer
1. Right click on Recycle Bin and select Properties.
2. Select your hard drive partition.
3. Choose Don’t move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted.
4. By default, Windows 10 doesn’t give you a confirmation message when you choose to delete a certain file or folder. To prevent this from happening check the Display delete confirmation dialog option.
5. Click Apply and OK to save changes.
3. Permanently delete files from your computer
Locate the file you wish to remove and right-click it.
Press and hold Shift on your keyboard and choose Delete from the menu.
You should see a window asking if you want to permanently remove this file or folder.
Click Yes to permanently remove a file.
If you use this method, your files won’t be available in Recycle Bin so you won’t be able to restore them, so keep that in mind.
4. How to increase Recycle Bin’s maximum size for files
Right clickRecycle Bin icon and click on Properties.
When Properties window opens, you can select how much space will Recycle Bin use from each partition by changing the Maximum size(MB) value.
5. Recover deleted files from Recycle Bin
Open Recycle Bin and locate the file you wish to restore.
Right click the file and choose Restore from the menu.
Optional: You can also select the file you wish to restore, click the Manage menu and choose Restore the selected items. If you wish, you can also restore all the files from the Recycle Bin by selecting the Restore all items from the Manage menu.
You can easily find Recycle Bin on your Desktop. If you can’t find it, check our guide on how to hide the Recycle Bin to see how to reveal it again. We also have a guide on how to restore Recycle Bin, so check it out as well.
Recycle Bin is a key component of every Windows operating system, therefore, it’s important that you know how to use it properly. We also have a guide on how to change Recycle Bin settings, so don’t miss it.
Let us know of any additional comments you may have.
Whether you are a web developer, a freelancer, a social media manager, or a small-scale farmer, you will need some kind of accounting software to keep things running smoothly.
Accounting software not only keeps track of your finances including tax, sales, and invoices but also tracks vendors, and inventory and keeps confidential customer information.
This award-winning software, Freshbooks, packs all the features you need in accounting including compatibility with other business applications, an easy-to-navigate interface, and good customer support.
It’s easy to keep track of all your expenses when you can upload every receipt and even import them from your bank account. One big database for financing, either it’s yours or your team’s.
It has exceptional time-tracking tools that allow users to track the time spent on individual tasks, projects, or just simple work. Projects can collect the time worked from other team members, so you won’t miss a minute.
When it comes to tracking and managing invoices, it’s hard to beat Freshbooks and its friendly interface. Invoices can be created right from the project itself, with detailed information on hours worked and expenses.
It even allows clients to pay directly from the Freshbooks invoices by using credit cards. Freshbooks is also renowned for having the best accounting mobile app for small businesses.
Assign workers or staff individual tasks for different projects and maintain useful information such as dates, names, and billable status to each project.
Its report generation feature is just amazing, with custom data filtering you can check every aspect of your growth or your company’s.
Reports include taxes, P & L, time tracking, invoices (item sales and revenue from clients), client reports (aging and revenue), and many more.
You might have figured out that most of your time and money is poured into yourself and your home. Probably that’s why some people prefer to treat their personal finances as a small business.
And if you do that, you can use one of the best accounting software for small businesses. At first, it might seem odd, but if you think about it actually makes sense.
It lets you become more strict, and a bit more formal and makes things easier to manage, even if you’re dealing with day-to-day expenses.
You will be able to do all this with Quickbooks online. There’s no need to download and install anything. It works in your browser.
But you also get Free Mobile Apps to see if it’s a good match for your needs. Support via chat and phone is available.
Here are some of its best features:
Track expenses
Helps you set and keep a certain budget
Manages rental income and taxes
Provides an easy method to pay your contractors, gardeners, housekeeper, nanny, etc
It’s hard not to talk about personal finances and not speak about taxes. And when we talk about taxes, then we must mention TurboTax.
Wouldn’t you like to enjoy some peace of mind that the documents you sent to the IRS are good and you won’t have to worry about any penalties or interest?
The fact that Intuit guarantees accurate calculations, maximum refunds, and audit support says quite a lot. Even more, in case you only need to file simple tax returns such as Form 1040, TurboTax is free.
We really like the fact that TurboTax has a very user-friendly interface. It also lets you import W-2 information from your employer.
Plus, if you used it in the past, it remembers your personal information and you only have to add any major changes.
If you are not interested in taxes at all, try one of the other suggestions that we have for you.
Let’s review some of its best features:
Friendly user interface
File simple tax returns with the free version
Accurate calculations, maximum refunds, and audit support
A great personal finance software that we have to mention is Moneyspire. This application supports an unlimited number of accounts, and several account types such as Bank, Credit card, Cash, Investment, Other assets, other liability, etc.
Thanks to this software, you can easily forecast your balance by analyzing future deposits, withdrawals, and other data.
It’s worth mentioning that it supports importing, to get the data from other financing software such as Quicken, Mint, and others and continue where you left off.
The application is for all regions and currencies, so it’s available regardless of your current residence. Moneyspire also has reminders to keep all your transactions in check.
This tool can automatically record reminders and even create reminders from transactions.
If you’re working with multiple payees, you’ll be pleased to know that the app supports an unlimited number of payees allowing you to track each payee’s information closely. If needed, you may even generate reports by the payee.
When it comes to filing types, the application can export data to QIF and CSV file formats. As for importing, QIF, QMTF, OFX, QFX, and CSV file types are fully supported.
Speaking of files, we have to mention that all financial data is stored in a single file. This file is encrypted with 128-bit military-grade encryption, so malicious users won’t be able to access it.
There’s also Cloud Support that allows you to share data between multiple computers and mobile devices.
Overall, Moneyspire is an amazing finance software, and it’s fully available on both Mac and PC platforms as well as on iOS devices. As for Android, the Android version is on its way and it’s coming soon.
Moneyspire is available for a free trial, but if you want to continue using it, you just need to obtain a license.
Bear in mind that a single license can be used on all PCs in your home for personal use, regardless of the platform you’re using.
Check out some of its best features:
Can export data to QIF and CSV file formats
Importing, QIF, QMTF, OFX, QFX, and CSV file types
It supports an unlimited number of accounts
You can easily forecast your balance by analyzing future deposits, withdrawals, and other data
Sage has been around for over 30 years and is one of the most reputable accounting software. Sage is ideal for all kinds of businesses including small enterprises, contract workers, and even freelancers.
From accounting to credit card processing to payroll, it helps small and medium-sized companies manage cash flow and important business processes such as invoicing.
Sage offers numerous versions including Sage One, Sage 50, and others for different types of businesses.
You can quickly check what you owe, deal with late payments, and keep track of your expenditures.
Manage payments or connect to your bank feeds to reduce manual data entry and expedite payment processing through automatic verification.
Recognize what is in stock and what is on order and maintain track of purchase orders and stock levels, with the work expenses that can be tracked through buying, inventory changes, wages, and other methods.
Get one-click reports on sales taxes, costs, and earnings, providing you with the data you need to make sound business decisions.
Let’s see some of its most important features:
Manage payments or connect to your bank feeds to reduce manual data entry
Expedite payment processing through automatic verification
Keep track of purchase orders and stock levels
Get one-click reports on sales taxes, costs, and earnings
Quicken is another powerful software that can handle all your financial needs due to its large range of features.
This software is great for day-to-day use, they even offer a plan with minimal functions for 5 min per day finance managing.
You can connect all your accounts to this tool and have an ensemble view of your money when you set up to create a budget, track investments, or plan for the future.
Quicken is very customizable and it makes it very easy to personalize your views depending on your current needs.
This software also comes with a mobile app, which is very easy to synchronize to the main software so you can always be up to date no matter where you are.
Here are some more of the main features of Quicken:
GnuCash is the best free accounting software designed for individuals and small businesses.
If you want decent finance and accounting software and you don’t want to incur hectic subscription charges, then GnuCash is your best bet.
The software is available on multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, OS X, and Android. Its sheer flexibility and ease of use are what put it on top of other free and paid accounting software.
It handles accounts payables and receivables, invoice and credit notes, payroll, and employee expenses and has no problem handling multi-currencies.
Take a look at some of its key features:
Available on multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, OS X, and Android
Easy to use
Handles multiple currencies
It manages accounts payables and receivables, invoice and credit notes, payroll, and employee expenses
Xero offers incredibly deep accounting tools and competes well with the top accounting software in the market.
The solution provides on-screen instructions to help users get through the processes since its interface is much more complex compared to the others in its range.
Its help center also provides a roadmap for performing simple and complex tasks such as using chart accounts, connecting bank feeds, etc.
It strictly follows the rule of double-entry accounting which might only favor accountants. Luckily, they have terrific customer support and an active online community that will sort you out instantly.
The tool has various plans with the cheapest, Xero Standard starting at a pretty decent price.
Zoho Books is excellent and highly flexible as finance and accounting software. It allows you to manage cash flow and keep track of critical financing activities.
With Zoho Books, you will be able to create and manage customer invoices while keeping expenses in check. In addition to managing cash flow, Zoho Books allow you to perform bank reconciliations and communicate with your accountant in real time.
With advanced record-keeping tools, Zoho Books enables you to make more informed decisions and manage customers and projects in one central place.
This software also brings time tracking to a higher level, as you can track unbilled hours and expenses, allowing you to manage more projects at the same time. While you assign project tasks, they all build up to the final time spent on the project.
Invoices can be created right from projects with in-depth details on expenses and billed hours. They can be sent directly to the client right after that, and easily chase payments with auto-reminders.
Take your financing wherever you go with the mobile integration. It allows you to send invoices, track your employees and even get real-time reports on the project’s progress.
You will benefit from the following best features:
Fast communication with Slack Integration
Faster and safer payments with PayPal and Stripe integrations
Perform bank reconciliations
Communicate with your accountant in real-time
Create and manage customer invoices
Manage customers and projects in one central place
Wave is a cloud-based software that offers 100% free real accounting for individuals and small enterprises. This tool allows you to add unlimited collaborators and access your data from anywhere.
The accounting platform is integrated with invoicing, payment processing, receipt scanning, and payroll thus putting all the financial reports you need at your fingertips.
It’s very well designed with an easy-to-use interface that won’t need any external assistance. Though it’s completely free for accounting, if you need technical support you’ll have to pay for it.
Payroll is also not included in the free package so if you’re running a business, you will have to allocate a budget for that.
Take a look at Wave’s best features:
Invoicing, payment processing, receipt scanning, and payroll integration
How to choose the best personal finance accounting software?
Good accounting software generates important financial reports necessary for management accounting and for tax purposes.
If you are looking for free personal accounting software rest assured there are plenty out there, however, the best accounting software might require some sort of pay.
The good thing is that most of them are very affordable and come with advanced features like quarterly income tax calculations, integration with major banks, and increased security, which is the most important when handling your finances.
Some even have a mobile version so you can track your finances on the go. To ease the hassle of scouring the Internet looking for the right tools, we have reviewed the best free and paid accounting software for you.
Great tips on the best accounting software for your business
Fortunately, for entrepreneurs and small business owners who need decent finance and accounting software, many applications are affordable while others are available free of charge.
Accounting and bookkeeping software are however essential either if you are running a business or just handling your freelance income.
It’s also important to find a program with reliable customer support so you can have a shoulder to lean on should you get stuck at any stage of the accounting process.
If you were looking for the best free personal finance software for Windows 10, we hope our suggestions from this article helped you.
Keeping track of time is important, especially if you’re working on a certain project with your team.
By doing so, you can improve your productivity and finish certain tasks faster. If you want to boost your productivity, you might be interested in time tracking software for Windows 10 & 11.
Good time management makes a huge difference when it comes to the results and also the overall process of your work.
It is an essential factor that contributes to success regardless of your niche or the size of your business.
How can a time tracking app help me?
The first step in setting up a good schedule and improving productivity is understanding how much time is allocated to each task and subtask.
Tracking can get overwhelming really fast, even if you are a freelancer and only need to manage your own schedule.
That’s why we recommend using dedicated software that will make this whole process a lot much easier.
There are plenty of options available. Some are great for small businesses, while others provide the resources necessary to track employee time at an enterprise level.
The key elements of any worthwhile time tracking software should be the option to manually or automatically clock in or out of work, the ability to generate useful reports that will help you with overall management and future planning, as well as some sort of project assignment feature.
The reports are particularly important because they help you see exactly what area of your project needs improvement, who are your best performers, and how much time different types of tasks or subtasks take.
Many of the following apps provide additional project management features. Some of them even include financial management tools which mean you will not have to transfer data from one app to another to complete your management tasks.
What is the best time tracking software for Windows 10/11?
TimeCamp is a time tracking software for professionals and teams. The application supports one-click visual time tracking that allows you to see timesheets with ease. There’s also calendar integration and support for automatic time tracking.
This app also helps you keep track of all your projects. You can even see the complete history of your projects along with actual work time and estimated time for comparison.
In addition, the application supports subtasks and notes, thus making it easier to organize your projects. If needed, you can calculate the income and see detailed reports.
The application also supports online invoicing, and you can charge your clients or measure the project’s profitability. With this application, you can easily track the number of billable and non-billable hours.
On top of that, employees can log in and check the number of working hours. Regarding invoicing, you can get a notification when a client views an invoice. The application also supports automatic invoicing based on hours.
TimeCamp allows employees to monitor their productivity. This is a useful feature that allows you to see how much time is lost on other activities and distractions.
Employees can also see what other colleagues are doing so they can manage their time better. Thanks to this feature you can always see what employees are doing, but you can also see the most time-consuming websites and applications.
There’s even a productivity analysis and detailed history for your employees. It’s worth mentioning that the application supports automatic computer usage tracking, and there’s even an ability to track offline activity.
Another useful feature is the support for attendance and time-off tracking. Regarding compatibility, the application is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux Ubuntu.
Of course, mobile versions are available, and there are dedicated apps for iPhone and Android. We also have to mention that there’s a Chrome extension available. TimeCamp also works with popular services such as Dropbox, Wunderlist, Evernote, Github, Todoist, Twitter, ZOHO, etc.
TimeCamp offers a wide range of features, and it’s perfect for business or personal users that want to boost their productivity.
The service has three packages available, and the free package is perfect for individual users. Two remaining packages come with a monthly fee, so they’ll be perfect for small and larger businesses.
Other key features include:
Remote work monitoring
Workflow automation
Tracks progress in the background without interrupting
Freshbooks is an accounting and business management platform with up-to-standard time management and planning features.
The application keeps track of your working hours automatically, which makes the process faster and simpler.
You just have to log into the application, and it will start tracking your working hours. All hours are automatically added to your invoice.
This application has the tools necessary to help you to manage your whole team. You can keep track of every team member with ease, communicate with all collaborators, and more.
Freshbooks offers a breakdown view of your daily activity. Additionally, you can see each team member’s worked hours. You can also see tracked hours for specific clients or projects.
On top of that, Freshbooks allows you to collaborate with your colleagues, collaborators, and customers. You can easily ask a colleague, contractor, or client to join a specific project. The app also offers quick solutions to give and receive feedback.
Freshbooks offers cloud web storage, so you can easily share files with your colleagues and access your workspace from any device.
The application also works with expenses, and you can even connect your bank account or credit card to FreshBooks. By doing so you can easily keep track of your expenses. If needed, you can also take a picture of a receipt and add it to FreshBooks. In addition, you can also add business expenses to your invoice.
FreshBooks also allows you to view your reports, so you can easily keep track of your profit and expenses. This can help you develop a better budget plan over time.
FreshBooks also allows you to create professional invoices in a matter of seconds. All your invoices are fully compatible with credit cards, which means that you can receive payments instantly.
If needed, you can also create automatic invoices, thus allowing you to focus more on your current projects. The application allows you to keep track of all your invoices, and you can also send payment reminders to your clients right from this application.
The application is available for mobile platforms, and it runs on Android and iOS devices. FreshBooks offers a wide array of features, so it’s perfect for any company. If you’re looking for time tracking software that offers great collaboration and invoicing features, you might want to consider FreshBooks.
Other key features include:
Profitability widget
Customizable permission settings
Chat feature for instant collaboration
Freshbooks
Track the time you spend on specific projects and easily communicate with your team members and customers.
ZoHo Books is a cloud-based software whose purpose is to simplify and boost your time productivity and efficiency. The time-tracking features by themselves are amazing.
Track your own time, the time you spend on a task, and the time it takes for a project to be completed. Overall project time is calculated via individual tasks time, for either you, your employees or your colleagues.
Don’t miss a minute of work by assigning yourself or your team tasks and track this time with ease. Also, get an amazing overview of the time management of a Project with detailed and individual time tracking reports.
This software not only provides time-tracking but also invoice creation with billable hours integration right from projects. Create and send personalized invoices to clients with detailed information about the project’s management.
Get faster payments by giving your clients more options on how to pay. Also, send them reminders automatically if a payment was late or wasn’t received.
Furthermore, you can keep track of all your clients and contacts right from ZoHo Books. Through the client portal, you can collaborate with each of your clients with just a click.
With ZoHo, you can keep all your expenses under control and see for yourself how profitable you are. The huge database allows you to upload receipts and import expenses right from bank accounts.
If you are always on the move, ZoHo Books comes with a mobile phone app where you can see business expenses, check in with clients, and even send invoiced right from your smartphone.
If you’re looking for a sophisticated time-tracking tool for your business, then the answer is Truein.
This solution offers the latest face recognition and geo-fencing technology that enables you to clock in your employees effortlessly.
And the most important aspect is that you don’t need any complex hardware to make it happen because it works straight on Android and iOS devices.
There will be no doubt that only the right person punches in because the tool identifies the employee even if they are wearing a mask, specs or grew a beard.
And the geo-fencing feature places them right at the designated area if they make a selfie. This is great if you want to know if the contractor or the field worker reached their point of work.
The cloud-based dashboard provides all the data you need, including overtime calculations. You can also shift the timings or set up other policies you may think of.
After a day’s work, the app allows you to extract all the data within detailed spreadsheet reports so you can accurately make payments based on the amount of time spent on certain projects.
Take a look at its best features below:
Fast and robust face recognition features
Centralized, cloud-based admin dashboard
Advanced geo-fencing feature
Leave management and offline attendance
Detailed reporting and extraction
Truein
Get the best time management app that offers face recognition and geo-fencing.
Traqq – The best option for ethical employee monitoring
With the remote work movement consistently growing, businesses need a way to monitor their employees effectively. Traqq is the best tool for ensuring that every minute paid is a minute worked.
Traqq’s intuitive desktop app is so easy to use that it only takes a few clicks to set it up. Users simply need to click Start on the widget, and the tool will begin recording work hours.
What’s great about Traqq is that it comes with several features for monitoring productivity. For instance, when you go to the dashboard, you will see the user’s activity levels in percentage form.
It will show you how active your employee was based on their keyboard movements, mouse clicks, and scrolls.
High activity will be presented in green blocks, normal activity in yellow, and low to zero activity in red.
Another neat feature of Traqq is URL and app monitoring. The tool tracks the top websites that an employee visits and the apps they frequently use, so you will know if they’ve been spending time on productive work or if they’re cyberloafing
If you’re looking for a tool to monitor employees, Traqq might be just what you need.
Other key features include:
Online and offline time tracking
Smart alerts and notifications
Idle time monitoring
Detailed yet intuitive online timesheets
Traqq
Monitor your employees’ activity with an ethical approach, without compromising their privacy.
If you want to keep track of your time and boost your productivity, you might want to check Time Doctor. This application allows you to keep track of time so you can easily see how many hours your team members worked in total.
In addition, you can also see how much time was spent on each project or client thus making the billing even easier.
Time Doctor also keeps track of your network usage, and if you spend time on social media websites, you’ll get a reminder to focus on your current project. This is a great feature for those users that are easily distracted.
The application also allows you to keep track of the most used applications. By doing so, you can see how much time was spent on certain applications or websites. We also have to mention that Time Doctor offers integration with more than 30 different services.
Time Doctor also supports screen monitoring. Thanks to this feature, you can take automatic screenshots of computer screens every few minutes. This is a useful feature since it allows you to keep track of your team.
Regarding screenshots, you can enable them for each person on your team, and you can also set the screenshot interval. Screenshots can be deleted by team members if they are taken during non-work activities.
We also have to mention that screenshots are taken only during working hours, so they won’t be taken if a team member is on a break.
Time Doctor also supports the Client Login feature. This is a free feature, and thanks to it you can allow your clients to see task reports and screenshots related to their projects.
This service also has a Payroll feature that allows you to pay your employees based on the number of working hours. Of course, the application also supports fixed salaries.
There’s also GPS tracking, and you can track the location of your employees during working hours. Time Doctor uses encryption, so all your personal information such as screenshots will be protected from unauthorized access. Regarding availability, the application is available for all major desktop platforms.
Time Doctor has several plans available, and almost every plan comes with a monthly fee. There’s also a free plan available, but it offers the most basic and limited features. If you have a team, Time Doctor might be a perfect time tracking software for your company.
Other key features include:
Automatically recognizes strong performers
Real-time productivity analytics
User roles and permission settings
Time Doctor
Stay organized with top-level time tracking that will help you promptly accomplish all tasks.
If you’re looking for time tracking software for your company, you might be interested in Hubstaff Time Tracking. The application has an activity view that allows you to see what your team is currently working on.
There’s support for automatic screenshots, and you can take up to three screenshots per 10 minutes. There’s also an activity level indicator that shows you how active your team is.
We have to mention that you can also blur screenshots for privacy reasons if needed. The application also supports work notes that can provide additional information about the current activity.
Hubstaff Time Tracking allows you to easily keep track of paid and unpaid hours for any project. The application also supports team payment, which is a rather useful feature.
The software can provide detailed reports, and you can see the necessary information with ease. Reports are generated automatically, and you can filter them by organization or project in order to find the necessary information. If needed, you can also download your report in PDF format or email it to your colleagues.
Hubstaff Time Tracking allows you to create user roles, and you can also assign a pay rate for each user. We also have to mention that the application offers integration with more than 30 services.
It has a lightweight application that will keep track of your work at all times. The application is available for all major desktop platforms, and there are also Android and iOS versions available.
Other key features include:
GPS tracking
Automatic payroll
Client and project budgets
Hubstaff
Get the most out of your team’s productivity by using a simple tool for tracking work hours, simplifying payments, and more.
Another software that can help you with time tracking is DeskTime. The application will help you boost your productivity, but it can also help you locate and fix bad practices.
Thanks to this application you can receive daily email reports that allow you to examine your worker’s performance. You can easily track the efficiency of your employees and see each employee’s active app. The software is automated, so it doesn’t require any extra configuration in order to work.
With DeskTime you can view all open applications and URLs, thus allowing you to see which applications and websites your employees are using.
Thanks to this feature, you can easily find applications or websites that are interfering with workers’ productivity. We also have to mention that the application allows offline time tracking.
In order to improve performance, you can track the time of individual projects and tasks. In addition, you can record screenshots of your employees’ monitors.
Regarding screenshots, the application can take screenshots every 15 minutes. If needed, you can also blur screenshots in order to protect the privacy of your employees.
DeskTime also supports detailed reports, and you can easily print, share or export reports to CSV format. We have to mention that there’s also an Absence Calendar, so you can easily see which employees are on vacation or absent.
In addition, there’s also an Android and iOS version available, so you can easily keep track of working hours from any mobile device.
DeskTime is a great time tracking software, and the application is free for individual users. However, if you need to manage a team, you’ll need to purchase the Pro package.
Other key features include:
Integrates and tracks time spent on other productivity apps such as MS Teams or Microsoft To Do
Browser extension for Chrome and Firefox
Keeps track of your time without being distracting
DeskTime
Get comprehensive time tracking reports, record screenshots, and integrate the tool into your favorite browser!
Another time tracking software that can boost your productivity is RescueTime. This application allows you to set goals and alarms so you can get notifications if you spend too much time on social media websites.
The application offers detailed reports and shows how much time you spend on individual applications or websites.
If you’re looking to improve, you can also receive a weekly email summary so you can see how many hours you spent on a specific project.
In addition, you can block distracting websites right from RescueTime. The application can track your offline activity, so you can easily log meetings, phone calls, etc.
The software supports various notifications, and you’ll receive a notification if you spend too much time on a certain activity.
RescueTime is a great application that can keep track of your time and boost your productivity. The application is available for all major desktop platforms, but there’s also an Android version.
The free version offers the most basic features, but if you’re an advanced user you might want to consider purchasing the Premium package.
Other key features of Rescue Time include:
Detects and alerts users when they are distracted/ multitasking more than usual
Lets you create sessions
Extensive library of productivity guides available online
RescueTime
Keep track of your time and remove all distractions with this all-in-one productivity tool.
My Hours is a web application that allows you to track time. You can easily track time with a single click, and you can switch between different tasks with ease. In addition, the application allows you to pause any task in order to take a break.
The application supports billing, and you can easily keep track of your work thanks to simple sheets.
My Hours also allows you to work with a team, and you can easily see the working hours of your colleagues or share reports with them. We have to mention that this feature isn’t free, it charges a monthly fee per team member.
The application also allows you to see and approve all available tasks. Thanks to this feature, you can always keep track of desired projects, clients, tasks, and team members.
My Hours offers a simple interface, and you can easily add new projects and tasks or assign hourly rates.
This is a solid time-tracking web application, and there are also Android and iPhone applications available.
There are two versions available, and the free version will allow you to have unlimited projects, tasks, and clients.
The Pro version is ad-free, and it offers team management, budgeting, billing, and bulk import. However, the Pro version comes with a monthly fee.
Another time tracking software that we have to mention is Harvest. This application has a simple and intuitive interface, so you can easily keep track of your working hours.
Harvest is available for desktop platforms, but there are also versions for iOS and Android. The application has a powerful report system that allows you to keep track of your projects in real-time.
The application also supports expense logging, so you can easily keep track of your finances with this app.
In fact, you can also add expenses to your invoices. Harvest supports invoicing and works with flexible billing rates.
In addition, the application has support for automated payment reminders and online payment. There’s also support for timesheet approval, so you can easily view and approve your team’s time and expenses.
You can also send reminders to the employees that forget to track their time. The application also works with more than 50 other services, thus allowing you to easily enhance this application with new features.
Harvest has three available pricing plans. The free plan is perfect for single users, but it’s limited to only two projects. The solo plan removes this limitation and allows single users to have unlimited projects available.
Lastly, the Team plan allows you to have an unlimited number of team members and projects. Keep in mind that Solo and Team plans require a yearly or monthly fee.
Other key features include:
Tracks time spent on integrated productivity tools
Another useful time tracking software is Nokotime. This software is simple to use and it allows you to have unlimited projects.
We have to mention that the application supports multi-currency invoicing, which is rather useful if you’re working with foreign clients.
The application is available as a web application, but you can also access it on major mobile platforms. Nokotime offers hourly backups and SSL security thus keeping your important information encrypted.
Nokotime offers detailed reports and weekly timesheets, and you can also keep track of unbillable time. Another useful feature that we have to mention is expense tracking.
Regarding reports, you can export them to PDF, Excel, and CSV file formats. Nokotime also supports project synchronization with Basecamp. In addition, you can also import data from other time tracking applications.
It’s worth mentioning that you can connect Nokotime with more than 500 third-party apps by using Zapier. This means you can keep using the productivity tools you are already used to.
Nokotime is not a free service, and it comes with four pricing plans available. There’s a solo plan for individual users, but there are also other plans for smaller and larger companies.
Different plans offer different features, so before choosing a plan be sure to check if it offers the necessary features.
If you’re looking for a time tracking software, you might want to consider ClickTime. The application allows you to view your timesheets online, thus allowing you to easily track your working hours.
Using this application you can also easily view expenses. Thanks to this feature you can upload receipts, approve expenses and manage budgets easily. ClickTime also allows you to manage and keep track of your employees.
There’s also an extensive report system available. Thanks to this feature you can view more than 70 prebuilt reports. If needed, you can also create new reports with ease.
ClickTime is available on Android and iOS, and you can easily keep track of time and view reports from any mobile device.
You can export the timesheets you create in Clicktime to payroll or to business/finance management tools such as Quickbooks.
Speaking of reports, you can easily export data to a CSV file or view real-time data feed in Excel, Google Sheets, and other applications.
Managing your time is important, and in order to do that, you might want to consider Replicon. With this tool you can easily keep track of employee time and set up approval flows and notifications.
Since there’s a mobile version available, you can track and approve time easily on almost any device.
The application allows you to manage project and billing rate for every project with ease. You can also get instant status updates on projects right from your employees.
If needed, you can keep track of employee hours by project and get real-time updates. Replicon can also allow you to view which of your employees are available.
This is rather useful if you need to organize certain projects or create shifts. If needed, you can also keep track of employee time off usage right from this application.
With Replicon, you can also keep track of your expenses and upload receipts with ease.
The application also supports real-time image capture, user IDs, or QR codes, thus reducing the chances of time theft by employees.
Replicon is an advanced time tracking software, and it will be perfect for smaller or larger companies.
Improving your productivity is relatively simple with proper time tracking software. Another application that can help you track time is Dovico Timesheet. The application is simple to use, and you’ll be able to track time and expenses with ease.
There’s also support for email notifications so project managers can be informed after reaching a certain project time or cost. In addition, reports can be sent via email to employees and clients on a recurring basis.
Dovico Timesheet also supports approved workflows. This feature allows managers to approve employee time and expense sheets. This is rather useful because managers can check if the data is correct before forwarding it.
There’s also support for the Time Lockout feature. This feature allows you to lock certain projects after a specific date. In addition, you can also create a locking schedule.
Dovico Timesheet also works with assignments thus allowing you to boost your productivity. The application allows you to keep track of your expenses, and you can upload receipts if necessary. Regarding the receipts, you can attach them in PDF format or as scanned images.
The application also supports multiple currencies, and it can work with over 180 different foreign currencies.
You can also use different currencies for different projects and employees. Dovico Timesheet is a great time tracking solution, but it comes with a monthly fee. There’s also a single-user free plan available, but it offers limited features.
Another useful time tracking software that you might want to consider is Timeneye. The application is simple to use, and it allows you to track time with ease.
Thanks to the simple interface, you can start tracking your time with a single click. The application also has a useful dashboard that you can use to view your daily, weekly, and monthly effort in real-time.
We also have to mention that this application has an integrated calendar so you can organize your time even better.
Timeneye learns about your work habits, and it automatically creates suggested time entries based on your activity.
This application is perfect for project managers since you can easily see a detailed overview of your team in real-time.
Thanks to this feature you can see how much time is spent on a specific project. In addition, the application allows you to see detailed information about individual employees over a certain time period.
The application also allows you to view the status of every project and to manage its budget. You can also see daily time effort for a specific project.
If needed, you can view both used and remaining hours for a certain project, thus allowing you to keep track of your time. You can also view each user’s contribution to a particular project.
Just like any other time tracking software, Timeneye also supports detailed reports. Reports support multiple filters, and you can easily generate reports based on projects, people, or any other category. Of course, you can easily export your reports and save them to PDF or CSV format on your PC.
Timeneye offers three different plans, and only a single-user plan is free. If you own a small or a large team you’ll need to use the Startup or Pro plan.
Other key features include:
Integrates and tracks time spent on other productivity apps such as MS Teams or Microsoft To Do
Another time tracking software that we want to show you is eBillity Time Tracker. The application allows you to easily manage your team’s timesheets. If needed, you can also assign different roles for your employees.
Just like all previous entries on our list, eBillity Time Tracker allows you to monitor employee activity. As a result, you can see how much time employees spend per client or project.
The application allows you to view billable and non-billable times for your employees. In addition, you can send automatic time entry reminders to your employees.
It also supports billing, and you can easily create online invoices. There’s support for online payments, thus making the payment process instantaneous. The application also offers QuickBooks, Xero, MYOB, Reckon, Concur, and Gust integration.
It’s worth mentioning that this application works with IFTTT, thus allowing you to automate all your actions.
eBillity Time Tracker is available for desktop, but there’s also a web version available. In addition, this application is available for both iOS and Android devices.
It’s worth mentioning that eBillity Time Tracker isn’t free, and in order to use it, you’ll need to choose the desired subscription.
Unlike previous entries on our list, Klok is an Adobe AIR application, so it requires Adobe AIR in order to run.
The application represents your working hours as blocks, so you can easily see how many hours you worked per project.
Klok supports a wide range of customization, and you can organize your projects and clients any way you like.
Unlike some other time tracking software, Klok doesn’t require you to enter your working hours into it manually. Instead, you just have to select the desired project and click a single button.
If you then switch to a different task or project, Klok will start tracking time for that project instead. If needed, you can always adjust the time or stop the timer manually.
The application also allows you to export your records and view them as a spreadsheet. Klok also supports invoicing, and it also works with services such as Xero or Blinksale.
Klok offers calendar integration, so you can easily sync it with Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar. If needed, you can import your calendar entries from those services to Klok with ease.
It also offers cloud syncing, so you can track your time from any device. If you have a team, you might be interested in Klokwork Team Console.
This application can support an unlimited number of Klok users, and it allows multiple users to track time for the same projects. In addition, the application allows you to manage projects and assignments with ease.
Klok is a decent time tracking software, and you can download and use the Lite version for free. The free version offers the most basic features, but if you want to use more advanced features, you’ll have to purchase the Pro version.
If you have problems tracking your time, you might find ManicTime application helpful. The application offers automatic tracking, and it will track apps, websites, and documents that you worked on.
ManicTime stores all its data on your local computer, so it’s perfectly protected from malicious users. Since the application doesn’t use dedicated servers, it will work perfectly even without an Internet connection.
It has a simple to use graphical interface so you can easily keep track of your working hours. If needed, you can easily export your report to Excel or use it to create an invoice.
Of course, the application offers integration with various services thus allowing you to enhance the tool even further. ManicTime also supports auto-tagging, and it will assign certain tags next to tracked data.
The application also tracks away time, which is rather useful. Thanks to this feature, you can easily log in any short break.
We also have to mention that ManicTime has a stopwatch feature. If you don’t like using automatic time tracking, you can use a stopwatch instead.
ManicTime is great for individuals, but it’s also useful for teams. In order to use ManicTime with your team, you need to have a local server.
The application supports reporting, and you can view reports in a web browser with ease. In addition, you can also get reports via email on a weekly or monthly basis.
ManicTime allows you to keep track of individual team members so you can easily see each employee’s contribution to the project. In addition, you can see start and end times for all members.
You can even set the required time range and easily see if your employees are late. In addition, the application supports report sharing with clients so they can easily keep track of your progress.
Lastly, you can use ManicTime to easily identify procrastination applications and websites that might distract your team.
ManicTime is a great time tracking software, and it’s perfect for individual users or teams. There’s a free version available, but since it offers the most basic features, it will be suitable only for individual users. If you want to get access to more advanced features, consider purchasing the Pro version.
Other key features include:
Tracks offline work
Tracks away time
Lets you sort assignemnts and activities with tags
If you’re looking for open source and free time tracking software, you might want to check eHour. This application is simple to use, and it allows you to see easily how much time you spend on certain projects.
eHour allows you to create multiple projects per client, and you can assign multiple employees to a single project. The application supports extensive reports and configurable localization and currency.
In addition, eHour offers several different roles, and you can easily organize employees as regular users, managers, or administrators.
If needed, you can also lock your timesheets. You can also export your report to Excel and view it as a spreadsheet.
This service has a simple and easy-to-understand user interface that can be accessed online. You don’t need to install it on your computer which increases accessibility from multiple devices.
It can show you progress reports in the form of a monthly calendar, customer reports, per-day reporting, and more.
The application also supports automatic reminders by email. eHour might not be the best time tracking software, but since it’s open-source and free, it should be a decent choice for first-time users.
Other key features include:
Leave management
Supports multiple currencies
Available in English, Dutch, French, Italian, German and Polish
Another time tracking software that some users might find useful is AllNetic Working Time Tracker. The application uses a tree structure to organize your projects so you can easily keep track of all available projects.
There’s also support for automatic tracking, which can be rather useful if a user leaves their workplace.
We also have to mention that AllNetic Working Time Tracker doesn’t take space on your Taskbar. Instead, this application will reside in the bottom right corner, so it won’t interfere with other applications.
If needed, you can hover over the application icon and see tracked time at a glance.
The application also supports customizable reports and invoices which makes the billing process a lot simpler.
We have to mention that each task gets its own counter thus allowing you to keep an eye on all tasks. If needed, you can easily mark both billable and unbillable hours in this application.
AllNetic Working Time Tracker is a decent time tracking software, but we have to admit that its user interface looks a bit humble.
It’s worth mentioning that this isn’t a free application, but you can download and use the 30-day trial version for free.
Another time tracking software that you might find useful is Tick. This application allows you to easily keep track of your working hours.
The software is simple to use, and you just need to select a project or task and enter your time. Tick also allows you to use running timers, and you can use a single timer or switch between multiple timers.
The application also allows you to see how your current project or task is progressing. As a result, you can easily see how many hours are left to complete a project or task.
Tick allows you to easily open any project and see a detailed report of tracked hours. If needed, you can sort the report by tasks or people and see which tasks take the most time.
You can also assign employees to specific tasks using Tick. We also have to mention that the application allows you to set recurring projects.
Tick also has a powerful reporting system so you can easily see how many hours each employee had over a specific time period.
In addition, you can also sort hours by clients and easily see which clients used most of your time. Of course, you can easily expand the information about any client or team member and see the detailed report.
Regarding reports, you can easily export them to CSV format or to FreshBooks or QuickBooks services. In addition, Tick also offers Basecamp, Trello, and Asana integration.
Tick is available for desktop PCs, but there are also Android and iOS apps available. Apple Watch version and Chrome extension are available as well.
Tick offers several subscription plans and all plans allow you to have an unlimited number of users. However, different plans have different limitations in terms of available projects. There’s also a free plan available that allows you to test Tick on a single project.
Another useful time tracking software that you need to check out is OfficeTime. The application is simple to use and it allows you to easily and accurately track your time.
OfficeTime is perfect for teams since it allows you to see which projects are taking most of your time and resources. In addition, you can easily see the performance of every employee in your team.
Unlike some other applications on our list, OfficeTime doesn’t require a monthly fee. Instead, you just have to purchase the application and you can use it without limitations.
The application can detect when you’re away, and you can easily move that time to nonbillable hours. We have to mention that there’s also an option for expense tracking, so you can easily add expenses to your invoice.
The application allows you to switch between different projects right from Taskbar with just a few clicks. As a result, you can focus more on the current task instead of time tracking.
The application also offers reports, and you can easily see your performance on the graph. Speaking of reports, you can also export them to Excel and view them as a spreadsheet.
In addition, you can easily create invoices right from this application. Regarding availability, OfficeTime is available for Mac, Windows, and iOS devices.
If you’re looking for time tracking software, you might be interested in TrackingTime. This application allows you to easily see which client used most hours during a certain time period. In addition, you can see how many hours every team member contributed to a certain project.
The application comes with a calendar feature, and you can easily organize your time using a drag and drop method.
In addition, you can also easily add repeating tasks to TrackingTime application. TrackingTime also supports detailed reports, and you can easily use various filters in order to find the desired information. Regarding reports, you can easily export them to PDF format right from the application.
Thanks to the simple interface you can easily see your daily activities or check on what your team members are currently working on.
We also have to mention that you can easily add notes to your entries, thus providing your colleagues with additional instructions or information.
This application supports time tracking in real-time, which can be rather useful. This application also offers integration with other services, and it’s fully compatible with Basecamp, Asana, Gmail, and Zapier.
Regarding availability, TrackingTime is available as a web application and Google Chrome extension. There are also iPhone and Android versions available. Regarding desktop platforms, there’s currently a Mac OS X version, and Windows version is in the works.
TrackingTime comes with three plans, and the Free plan is perfect for teams that have up to three members. If you want to have more users or access advanced features, you need to use the Pro or the By the Hour plan.
If you’re a professional and you want to boost the productivity of your employees, you might want to consider Toggl.
This application offers real-time tracking and allows you to organize your time by projects or tags. The tool is quite simple to use, and even the most basic users won’t have any issues with it.
Toggl supports advanced reports, and you can easily see how much time was spent on individual projects or on non-billable work. With Toggl you can easily see each employee’s performance and the number of hours per project.
Of course, the application supports email reports so you can see how your team is doing even if you can’t log in to Toggl. If needed, you can also export your reports to CSV, PDF, or Excel formats.
We have to mention that Toggl works even while you’re offline, and all your working hours will be synced when you get online. It’s also worth mentioning that Toggl offers integration with more than 85+ third-party services.
Toggl can support an unlimited number of projects and clients, so it’s perfect for both smaller and larger teams. In addition, you can add sub-projects and divide teams into groups. If needed, you can also set billable rates for certain hours.
Toggl is a great time tracking software, and it’s available on Windows, Mac, and Linux. In addition, there are also iPhone and Android versions available.
Toggle offers a free Basic plan for up to 5 users. If you have a larger team or you want to get access to advanced features, you’ll have to choose one of the three available monthly plans.
Other key features include:
Auto tracks every app and website you use for more than 10 seconds
Project dashboard with timelines, budgets, and progress rates
Another time tracking software that you might want to check out is Fanurio. The application allows you to schedule tasks thus allowing you to better organize your time. You can also use time estimates to track progress and remaining time for your tasks. In addition, there’s support for tags so you can easily organize your tasks.
The application allows you to track expenses, so you can easily include the cost of trips or products in your invoices. Regarding time tracking, you can easily track time manually or by using timers.
The application also uses smart timers, so you’ll be reminded if you forget to turn on a timer. In addition, Fanurio supports idle time detection.
Fanurio offers desktop integration, and you can easily control a timer or start a new one right from the Taskbar icon.
The application offers invoice creation, and you can export your invoice to HTML, PDF, Word, or OpenDocument formats.
Fanurio supports detailed reports, thus allowing you to easily measure your performance. Reports support filters, so you can easily find the desired information.
This tool is a solid time tracking software, and it’s available for all major desktop platforms. The application isn’t free, but you can download and use the free trial version for 15 days.
Other key features include:
Mark billable and non-billable projects
Financial management support
Holds records of trips for billing or tax purposes
A wide range of users has encountered a Windows 10 PS4 controller driver error when trying to use a PS4 controller on their computer. Even though the reasons might vary, it seems that the most likely cause of this error is an error within the driver for the Bluetooth PS4 controller.
What to do if my PS4 controller is not working on PC?
1. Use the DS4Windows app to fix the PS4 controller driver error
Open a browser and download the latest version of DS4 Windows.
Open up the .zip file and extract the files to the desired location on your hard drive.
Run the .exe installer DS4Window by double-clicking on it.
There are other great driver repair and updating tools that you could try on the market, most of which only need to be launched to already trigger a full system scan for faulty drivers.
Open the previously installed app and click on Settings.
Enable the Hide DS4 controller option.
Drag the corner of the windows and expand it -> you will see Controller/Driver Setup in blue -> click on it.
A UAC pop-up will appear asking for permission -> click Yes.
Another pop-up will appear showing you a picture of a controller -> minimize it (do not close it).
Go to Manage Bluetooth Device screen -> follow on-screen instructions (hold share and PS button for 3 seconds).
Your controller will appear in the list -> click on it and pair.
3. Re-enable Bluetooth
1. Make sure your controller has enough battery (above 10%), and then restart your PC.
2. Click on your Windowssearch box and type inControl Panel.
3. Choose the first option from the top to open Control Panel.
4. Click on Devices and Printers inside the Control Panel.
5. Search for theBluetooth PS4 controllerin the list.
6. Right-click on it and selectRemove device.
7. Click Yes to confirm the action.
8. Wait a few moments, then re-connect the PS4 controller and enable the device.
If your PS4 controller is not connecting to your PC, you should re-enable the Bluetooth device. Such a reset is likely to fix any errors you have with your connection.
Tip
To avoid encountering this issue ever again, make sure that you always turn your controller off by holding the PS button pressed for 10 seconds.
Do this whenever you turn your computer off to avoid causing the same issue.
How do I connect my PS4 controller to my PC without Bluetooth?
If Bluetooth is not for you, you can connect your DualShock PS4 controller to your PC via USB. To do so, all you need is a micro USB cable (a standard one).
The next step is to go for a platform that offers native support for PS4 controllers such as Steam or use a third-party app like DS4Windows that will allow your computer to recognize your DualShock controller.
League of Legends packet loss will negatively impact your game and you might experience lag or high ping, so it’s important to fix this issue, and this guide will show you how to do it.
Using a VPN can increase your odds of fixing packet loss issues. ExpressVPN is a great VPN tool with thousands of servers. It comes with an excellent all-round service; you can use it for more than just packet loss. For instance, it can secure your connection, protect your privacy, and even unlock geo-restricted content.
ExpressVPN
Enjoy your League of Legends matches more with an improved connection from this powerful VPN.
2. Launch it. You will see a menu with possible tasks you can assign to it. First, run a ping test.
3. Change your DNS settings to public or automatic.
4. Add firewall exceptions or disable firewall altogether.
5. Hit the Start button so that the tool performs the task you assigned to it.
The easiest method to fix packet loss in League of Legends is to use Hextech Repair Tool. With it, you can perform a ping test, change your DNS settings, as well as configure firewall exceptions.
All in all, even if you experience packet loss in League of Legends, it’s not as bad as it sounds. More often than not, the situation fixes itself. However, if it happens on a regular basis, you can use our suggested fixes above to get rid of it.
Just remember that using a VPN is not a guaranteed win for packet loss. It will only work if the packet loss occurs on your ISP’s side.
If packets leak on your network or on the League of Legends server, using a VPN won’t work.
We hope that you managed to fix the packet loss in your game. Let us know in the comments section below if you have any questions or encounter any problems following our solutions.
Many of our readers reported getting the no healthy upstream error. This error will occur when trying to visit various websites, so today we’ll show you how to fix it.
What does it mean by no healthy upstream?
This error means that no additional data is sent to the source of the software. This can cause the entire application to not work properly.
How can I fix the No healthy upstream error?
If you’re getting this error while trying to run a specific app, log out and log back in and check if that helps. For developers that are using Kubernetes, check for incorrect route rule configuration.
Check for expired certificates
Start vCenter Appliance.
Run the following command: for store in $(/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vecs-cli store list | grep -v TRUSTED_ROOT_CRLS); do echo "[*] Store :" $store; /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vecs-cli entry list --store $store --text | grep -ie "Alias" -ie "Not After";done;
Check if Machine_SSL and the Solution User certificates are expired. If they are, replace them.
You can also use vCenter Windows or PowerShell with the following command:
$VCInstallHome = [System.Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%VMWARE_CIS_HOME%");foreach ($STORE in & "$VCInstallHome\vmafdd\vecs-cli" store list){Write-host STORE: $STORE;& "$VCInstallHome\vmafdd\vecs-cli" entry list --store $STORE --text | findstr /C:"Alias" /C:"Not After"}
If you can’t even log in, try resetting the root password and try again.
The No Healthy Upstream error occurs when no data is being sent from the server or software source. As a result, the application may fail to work correctly or may become unresponsive.
This error can be encountered in various scenarios, such as while browsing websites or using applications that rely on server communication.
This is a server-side issue, and the solution from this guide applies only if you’re a server administrator. If you’re getting this error as a user in any web app, contact the administrator and let them know about this issue.
If you encounter connection issues, remember this is not the only error users report. We also covered fixes for the upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers in detail in our How to Fix Upstream Connect Error Before Headers guide.
Here’s to hoping that you’ve found some enlightenment with this piece. Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Those of you that work frequently with archive files such as RAR or ZIP have certainly stumbled at one point or another on a ZIPX file.
For those of you that don’t know, ZIPX files are a proprietary file format created using advanced compression methods developed by WinZip.
In simple terms, ZIPX files are the zip types with the highest compression rates currently available without the data suffering any quality loss.
Given how promising it is to use ZIPX files on a daily basis, we’ve decided to create this step-by-step guide to show you exactly what needs to be done if you want to open a ZIPX file.
What can I use to open ZIPX files in Windows 10?
Since the file format was originally developed by WinZip, it goes without saying that they are the go-to solution in this case at hand.
Of course, this isn’t the only reason why WinZip is a top choice since this tool is, for all intents and purposes, the best archiving and unzipping tool available on the market today.
Besides the fact that it can unzip all major file formats, it can zip them back in even better compression formats to reduce email attachment size.
Not only that but your compressed files can also be protected using banking-level encryption, so your data is not only compact but private as well.
Lastly, your data will now be more readily available for others to use, thanks to the product’s ability to access and manage files on your PC, network, and clouds, as well as its ability to connect to Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive.
Perks of using WinZip
Best compression among archiving tools
Better management of files
Makes it easy to share your files via the cloud or social media
Can be used to convert files or watermark PDFs or images
Ensures data privacy via banking-level encryption
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You can easily unzip your ZIPX files using the WinZip application. All you need to do is download and install it, then configure it to extract your files wherever you want.
2. Navigate to the file location of your ZIPX file that you want to open.
3. Right-click the ZIPX file.
4. Move your cursor over WinZip in the context menu. This will open a large selection of options you can choose from.
5. Select one of the available options depending on what you want to do with the ZIPX file. You can unzip it to the same location or choose another location on your PC.
All these methods are simple to use, and we chose WinZip as our pick due to its popularity and the number of features that it supports.
Since the ZIPX file format is recently introduced by WinZip, there are but a few utilities that support it. However, we hope that you now understand what ZIPX file format is and how to work with it.
The steps mentioned above, as well as the software tool recommended, can also be used if you’re interested in the following:
ZIPX file opener – WinZip is the best tool that you can use to open ZIPX files since WinZip is the one that created the ZIPX format.
Software to open ZIPX files – WinZip is a dedicated archive and unzip tool that can also handle ZIPX files.
If you want us to write many more useful tutorials like this one, let us know by leaving us a message in the comments section below.
Cloning a screen allows users to duplicate the picture on one screen and have the same picture display on other connected monitors.
On the other hand, extending a screen allows users to have more information spread out on different monitors.
Knowing how to clone or extend a screen with multiple monitors in Windows 10 can be highly useful for a number of situations such as gaming, coding, writing, movie streaming, and more.
If you want to know how to manage multiple monitors in Windows 10 on a PC, or a laptop with an attached screen, then the below information will help you.
How do I duplicate my screen on multiple monitors?
1. Use the Windows 10 hotkey
Connect your monitors to your PC with the DVI, HDMI, or VGA ports that they have.
It is advised to close all other programs for a quicker, smoother experience.
Hold the Windows key + P together to open the Project dialogue box.
Choose one of the options:
Second screen only: This option is mostly used by laptop users who want to use a larger, better monitor instead of the one that is on their laptop.
Extend: It will enlarge your desktop to fit on your additional monitors. Basically, it gives users more screen space to work with. It is highly useful for gamers who want to view more of the game’s graphics, coders who need multiple screens to work more efficiently, writers who need to research projects while writing, and more. The possibilities with this feature are endless.
Duplicate: It will clone the image from your primary monitor to show the same image on your additional displays. This feature can be used for giving presentations, watching movies, or giving a class.
PC screen only: This feature only allows information to go to your primary or default display. All other additional displays will show a black screen, regardless of whether they are connected or not.
2. Duplicate monitors using Settings
1. Press the Windows key and choose Settings from the list of options.
2. Go to System, then to Display.
3. Now you should see all your monitors. If you can’t find all of them, then you will need to click on the Detect button.
4. Once your computer detects your other monitors, you will have several customization options available to you.
5. Select the duplicatemonitors option from the list and choose how many duplicates you want to have.
6. Close the window to apply the changes.
A handy method to duplicate monitors Windows 10 is through the Display Settings. You will have multiple options to configure the way you want your desktop to be displayed on your additional monitors.
Furthermore, some monitors will not be automatically detected by your PC, which will require you to manually identify them before you can customize them.
After setting up screen duplication, you can take it further by learning how to connect 3 monitors to a laptop for a more immersive and productive display experience.
If your monitors are of different sizes, and models, then you may want to select each one and choose an appropriate scaling level.
This may also be necessary if your monitors have different levels of DPI. Other features include orientations, which allow users to flip the screen.
Similar to the hotkey function, you will also be able to choose how you will like to use your extra monitors. In other words, you can choose options like extend, duplicate, use one screen only, etc.
You can always use a different program to clone or extend the screen with multiple monitors in Windows 10.
The best dual monitor software for Windows 10 are specifically designed to be easy to use and are packed with handy and fun features.
We recommend looking for software that includes a taskbar extension feature, an option to maximize the desktop, background settings for individual and multiple monitors, and desktop divider features.
However, if you are looking for a quick and easy way to manage your multiple screens, then the built-in features in Windows 10 are ideal for you.
Let us know if this article helped you set up duplicate screens on your monitors.
Cloud accounting is an online service you can use to get reporting in real-time, as well as visibility in your business or company.
This differs from traditional accounting because it is flexible.
You can access your accounting data from anywhere and any device instead of on-premise computers alone, plus the information is updated automatically for real time financial reporting.
Therefore, unlike the manual or traditional ways of keeping your books fresh, cloud accounting ensures your account balances are accurate.
And with fewer instances of errors from data entry, plus it can handle more transactions and currencies better.
Cloud accounting software thus steps in to make cloud accounting happen, and successfully at that.
What is the cloud accounting software infrastructure?
The software is hosted on remote servers and accounting data is sent to the cloud for processing, then returned to you, the user.
All applications and functions are done off-site, compared to traditional accounting which is done on your desktop.
And the software is accessed remotely, free from installations, and software maintenance hassles. Your team members can also access the same accounting data and software from wherever they are.
In addition to this, regardless of how big you expand your business, you don’t incur additional costs on maintenance and license control or management.
It is secure and comes with sharing options, plus you can access your accounting data even when other servers are down, as this is hosted in the cloud.
A good, yet free cloud accounting software will offer functions such as reporting, inventory, invoicing, payroll, sales tax, job costing, fixed asset tracking, banking, and other basic accounting features.
Here are our top picks for the best free cloud accounting software for 2020.
What are the best free cloud accounting tools for Windows PCs?
FreshBooks is the cloud accounting software you’re looking for when you plan to put your business on autopilot. It offers business owners an intuitive double-entry accounting experience that is integrated with the rest of its rich tools.
Be sure that you’re one hundred percent involved in the procedure of creating professional invoices, organizing expenses, and receiving payments.
To simplify the FreshBooks features:
A solid Framework that provides detailed bookkeeping and effortless insights into your finances.
A huge database that allows attaching receipts as well as the possibility to import expenses right from your bank accounts.
Invoice creation in a few seconds with detailed reports on expenses, billed hours, and projects.
The possibility to add billed hours automatically to invoices and send them right away, with the option to send reminders about late payments.
Faster payments to you and your clients with its automatic deposit feature.
A database where you have all your conversations, files, and work status, that also provides reports about anything with ease.
Thanks to its flexibility, it helps you save time from chasing your clients or worrying about numbers and dedicate it to growing your business instead.
FreshBooks
Cover everything from invoices to bookkeeping and save precious time with this accounting tool.
Zoho Books is a free-to-use cloud-based software that offers a full package when it comes to taxing, accounting and invoices. Offering a smart way to save and keep track of every cent, this software allows you to upload every receipt and import expenses right from bank accounts.
With an amazing overview of all expenses, you can easily create custom reports about any data you need, time management, billed hours, upcoming payments, expenses, and many others.
As your clients and employees are your main focus, ZoHo provides a client portal as well as a secure way to store client payment information. As for employees, keep them close to Slack integration and never miss a beat.
What are the pros and cons of Zoho Books?
Pros:
Wide range of features for every type of business
High-security measures for its features
Time tracker for tasks and projects
Payment reminders
Integrations with Slack, Office, and DropBox
Scaling possibilities for freelancers and companies
Free with affordable upgrade options
Cons:
No fixed asset management
Annual invoice limit of 5000
Created to offer everything a business needs to reach the top results in no time. Productivity and efficiency are the top priority for Zoho Books.
QuickBooks is an exceptionally robust cloud accounting software that manages small business finances and ensures all your decisions are based on actual business data and accurate insights.
To help you manage your business finances in a smart way, QuickBooks assures that your data is stored in the cloud.
You may enjoy easy remote access to your account data from any location and keep the workflow going from PC, Mac, phone, or tablet. This isn’t the only advantage you should expect to get from QuickBooks.
A set of comprehensive financial tools walk you through all processes starting from importing your data all the way to sending custom quotes and invoices to get paid faster than ever before or calculating project profitability.
What are the pros and cons of QuickBooks?
Pros:
Easy to use and learn
Amazing accounting reports
Multilingual invoicing featuring receipt tracking
Can be accessed from any device
Easy to look up customer information
Affordable
Cons:
Created for small businesses, using limitations on users/number of transactions
Lacks reports outside of accounting
QuickBooks makes sure you always know where your business stands, yet it’s both intuitive and easy to operate. All these make it appealing to small businesses, so choose the plan that works better for your business right away.
If you want free cloud accounting software that will last with you until the end of time, Pandle is your best bet because it is free forever!
Pandle provides full VAT management with support for cash accounting and FRS, cash flow forecasting, multiple currency control, and access to your accounts from the mobile app.
It also includes an interactive help center filled with guides and videos plus an FAQ section for all your queries, daily backups, bulk transaction editing, tax estimations, and reminders.
What are the pros and cons of Pandle?
Pros:
Simple, intuitive, easy to use, yet very sophisticated
Automatically pull transactions from your bank account
Premium templates for invoice sending
Payment reminders with multiple currencies
Great customer support
Cons:
No PDF support
No customizable invoices
When it comes to security, it offers data encryption with 128-bit SSL just like what is used by banks. Pandle comes as a simple and quick cloud-based software for all small businesses.
This is one of the best free cloud accounting software and online resources for small businesses.
Some of the benefits you can enjoy by using Wave include a professional image, faster payments, better organization of your transactions and books of account, easy payroll processing with guaranteed accuracy, and it is 100% free of charge.
You can use the invoicing, accounting, receipt scanning, payroll, and other tools all for free, with zero limits, and zero charges, for as long as you want.
It is easy, intuitive, and can be used by anyone, not just accountants, and you can start in seconds as soon as you sign up.
The platform is organized and customizes software instantly so no need for technical configurations, plus you can work from any computer or device, at any time.
What are the pros and cons of Wave?
Pros:
Unlimited income and expense tracking
No invoice limit with customizable templates and payment terms
Unlimited numbers of users
Live chat support for all software
High security with 256-bit SSL encryption
Cons:
No Upgrade plans for better functionalities
No phone support
Other features include double-entry accounting software, automatic reports, and simple and instant collaboration with other people you trust to manage your books with controlled access.
Get all your invoicing, receipt scanning, payroll, and other accounting needs in one place on the cloud with professional, customizable, easy, unlimited, and free cloud accounting software.
Tax Slayer is a service that provides expert-level assistance in tax refunds. They gear towards different types of customers, from individuals that need help with their personal taxes, to big and small businesses. They even offer support for tuition fees.
Getting started with Tax Slayer is easy. It has highly responsive agent customer support via email and phone. They take you through the whole process and explain everything along the way.
You can upload your W-2 form and Tax Slayer automatically uses all necessary information for incoming forms and documents.
What are the pros and cons of Tax Slayer?
Pros:
User-friendly interface
Supports both federal taxes and state taxes
Smart document management and e-filing support
Easy to use right from your phone
Cons:
Professional support is limited
Free package is not recommended for high earners
Tax Slayer promises high accuracy in helping with your taxes. They ensure that their team carefully calculates and researches credits and deductions. They promise reimbursement for any federal or state penalties.
Tax Slayer targets all types of tax-paying customers, so they have various subscription plans that offer specific services depending on your needs.
Each of these free cloud accounting software tools comes with distinct features but there are a few things they all have in common including:
User-friendly interface compared to traditional accounting software.
Free subscription and longevity
Simple accounting language
Ease of use for both accountants and non-accountants
Built for mobile so you can access it from your smartphone or tablet
Interactive pages and dashboards
If you want to know which free cloud accounting software is suitable for you, or your business, you may not find one that exactly matches your specs.
But you can tell from the software’s interface, navigation, abilities to import your data, do actual bookkeeping tasks, support for data access, your team size, plus whether the software is customizable and scalable.
User support is also important because you may have questions or troubleshooting issues so you need assistance.
Does any of these six free cloud accounting software match your needs?
Tell us which one you like the most, or if you have used any of these before, share with us your experience in the comments section below.
If you want to learn more about accounting software, don’t be surprised to find more information in our Accounting Software section.
When you switch to Windows 11, you may discover that you need to reinstall your printer. You must also do that if you crossed to the new OS and bought a new printer.
Either way, we will show you how to install the latest Windows 11 printer driver on your PC with detailed steps.
Even though it’s a simple procedure, if you don’t have the correct driver, your printer may become useless, so follow our exact instructions to get it right on the first try.
However, first, ensure your printer is ready to run and follow the instructions from the manufacturer to set it up correctly.
Get ready for the installation procedure
Before installing the printer driver on your Windows 11 PC, there are a few things to do. We will outline the most critical steps to prepare your device.
➡ Make sure your printer has all the needed accessories
Usually, the printer doesn’t have the ink cartridge installed. Use the indications from the manufacturer to insert it properly.
Set the cartridges properly in their slots
Most ink-jet cartridges have click-on caps so make sure that they are in place before starting the printer. Otherwise, you will not be able to use it.
Also, ensure you have all the cables needed to connect the printer. Some printers don’t come with a USB or COM cable so you will have to buy your own.
➡ Connect your printer
Start by connecting your printer to the outlet and then plug in the data cable. Most of today’s printers have a USB connection.
Connect the USB cable to your printer and PC
Ensure that the cable is connected firmly at both ends. If you also want to use it as a network printer, you need to connect it to your router with a LAN cable.
In case of having a wireless printer, consult the manual that came with your printer and follow the required steps to connect it to your PC.
➡ Check if the printer is on
After all the cables are attached, turn on the printer. If the printer is not started, you won’t be able to check the drivers or install the printer.
Most printers have a first-use set-up routine so wait until yours finishes the warm-up procedure before taking any other steps.
How can I install the latest printer driver in Windows 11?
1. Use Windows Update to install drivers automatically
Click the Start button and select Settings.
Select Windows Updates from the left pane and hit the Check for updates button from the right.
If the system finds new ones, it will download and install them. Next, click on Advanced options.
Select Optional updates. If you look closely, the tab will already show you if you have any such updates.
In our example, we don’t have any optional updates to install but if you do, check if any of them is a printer-related update and install it.
Checking for drivers in Windows Update is the most simple procedure to get the latest drivers but if you have an older printer it’s less probably to find it there.
You can handle driver maintenance with specialized tools, such as Fortect Driver Updater. Such software will allow you to scan for, identify, and download new drivers within just a few minutes. Not only that but this software can also be used for long-term monitoring so you can be sure you never run into any driver issues.
2. Remove the printer and get the latest driver
2.1 Remove the printer
If you installed the printer and it’s not working, this step is for you because the first thing you should do is remove it.
Click the Start button and choose Settings.
Next, select the Bluetooth & devices from the left pane and click on Printers & scanners from the right.
Now click on your printer and select Remove.
The printer should be uninstalled now and we can get back to installing the drivers properly.
2.2 Get the latest driver from the manufacturer
Visit the printer’s manufacturer support website. For instance, we went to the HP printers support website so we can get the latest drivers.
After we entered the product model and number, we were redirected to a page where we found the download link for the printer software.
1. Select the Start button, then click on Settings.
2. Now navigate to the Bluetooth & devices section from the left and choose the Printers & scannersmenu.
3. Click on the Print server properties.
4. Select the Drivers tab from the top, look at the list, and if you can’t find your printer driver, click on the Addbutton.
5. This will start the Add Printer Driver Wizard, on which you need to click Next.
6. Select the processor type and hit the Next button.
7. Now identify your printer brand, model and hit Next. If you don’t see it, click the Windows Update button and in a few seconds, the list will be populated with a lot of other printer brands and models.
You can also select the Have Disk button if you already have the drivers.
8. Just click the Finish button after you’re done installing it.
You can perform a manual installation for your new printer device using the built-in Bluetooth & devices menu on your PC. It allows you to search for and install the most recent driver for your printer’s model.
Usually, when you install a new printer, you will be asked if you want to set it as the default one. If you missed that step, you need to perform the quick steps below.
Click the Search icon from the Taskbar, type control panel and select the app from the results.
Select View devices and printers from the Hardware and Sound section.
Look for the printer you installed, right-click on it and select Set as default printer from the menu.
How can I install a wireless printer on Windows 11?
Many mini photo printers come with a Bluetooth connection so you can start printing from your mobile device or your laptop so we’re going to show you how to install it on your PC.
Click the Start button and select Settings.
Choose Bluetooth & devices from the left, then click on Printers & scanners from the right.
Select the Add a device.
Now click on the Add manually button.
On the next window, check the Add a Bluetooth, wireless or network discoverable printer box and hit Next.
At this point, make sure that your printer has Bluetooth or Wi-Fi turned on, and for the Wi-Fi printer, make sure that your PC is also connected to the same local network. Then, select the printer from the list and click Next.
The system will complete the installation, and you will be able to use it properly.
That’s it! Now you know how to set up your printer, download and install its latest drivers, and set it as the default printing device on Windows 11.
It’s practically all you need to use your printer on your PC, and we hope that the information will help you along the way.
Since Windows 11 is pretty new if you have an older printer, you may have problems finding the new driver for the new OS, but reinstalling it will at least load a generic one to use its basic features.
Some Windows 10 users encountered an unexpected issue with Microsoft Excel. When using a formula to make different calculations, the error messageThere’s a problem with this formuladisallows the formula function.
I have a simple formula that I have been using for years. Actually, worked until a couple of days ago. =round((a2/0.25),0)*0.25. This is used to round our retail price to the nearest quarter. When I tried to execute this formula now, I get an error window: There’s a problem with this formula.
If you’re looking for a way around this issue, follow the solutions below.
How to fix the Excel’s There’s a problem with this formula error?
1. Check your system’s regional settings
Open the Control Panel
Under Clock and Region, click Change date, time, and number formats
In the Formats section, click Additional settings…
Under the Numbers tab, make sure that the List separator is set to comma(,), if not, set it so
If the issue persists, change the List separator with a semicolon (;) and use it in your formula to replace the comma.
2. Change correct spelling settings
Open Microsoft Excel
Select File > Options
Go to the Proofing section > make sure to have the box next to Ignore words that contain numbers ticked
Checking the spelling and modifying the correct spelling setting can also help you fix the #NAME errors in Excel; read this to learn more.
3. Enable system separators
1. Open Microsoft Excel.
2. Select File > Options.
3. Navigate to the Advanced options.
4. Tick the box next to Use system separators.
5. Click OK to apply and save the changes.
If you encountered the Excel there is a problem with this formula error, you can get rid of it by enabling system separators in the app’s built-in settings.
If you face the # Value error, check the formulas, look for blank spaces and special characters, and remove them; read this guide to learn more about it.
Let us know if our guide helped you fix the Excel issue in the comment section below. Likewise, if you have any questions, don’t refrain from writing them down.
QNAP’s Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a system that connects hard drives to your internet to provide extra storage for files and media. Here’s how to easily change the IP address of your QNAP NAS.
What is the IP address of my QNAP NAS?
Users can locate the IP address of all devices connected to your network using Command Prompt. However, the default NAS IP address is 169.254.100.100:8080. If your NAS uses DHCP network protocol, the IP address may be different.
The QNAP Qfinder is also a quick way to find the IP address of your NAS.
Does my NAS need a static IP?
It’s not required for your NAS to have a static IP address, however, having a static IP makes it easier to manage internet traffic and firewalls. A static IP will give users a fixed IP address regardless of the network they are connected to.
Click on Start, search for Control Panel, and hit Enter.
Select Network and Internet.
Click Network and Sharing Center.
Select Change adapter settings then right-click on your NAS and select Properties.
Under This connection uses the following items, double-click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4).
Select Use the following IP address and input your IP address then click OK.
This can also be done from the QNAP GUI in the Control Panel.
How do I access QNAP NAS locally?
Connectyour PC to the same network as your NAS.
Open any web browser and type in the IP address of your NAS in the address bar and hit Enter.
Enter your QTS username and password(if you don’t have one, the default username and password is admin).
Click Login.
You can access your NAS locally if your NAS and PC are connected to the same network.
We hope you were able to change your IP address for your QNAP NAS by following one of the above solutions. For recommendations on the best QNAP NAS backup software, we have a guide for that. Let us know in the comments which step worked for you.
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